Red
Barbera del Monferrato
By Oreste Buzio, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A 100% Barbera aged six months in steel, 12.5 to 13% alcohol, grown on calcareous soils facing south and south-east.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with violet hues; fruity nose of cherry and sour cherry; full-bodied and balanced on the palate, long and slightly mineral.
Pairs well with
Flavourful first courses, red meats.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera del Monferrato DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Vignale Monferrato (AL)
- Soil
- calcareous
- Exposure
- south, south-east
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot-trained espalier, 5000 vines per hectare; yield 80 quintals per hectare; organic fertilisation only in alternate years, weeds mowed, copper, sulphur and microorganism treatments
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested into 15-18 kg crates; aged in steel for 6 months
- Serving temperature
- 20°C
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