Red
La Berta
By Paolo Berta, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
A Nizza from Barbera vines 45 to 90 years old at 260 m, aged 12 months in large oak.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red. Distinctive, ethereal aroma with red fruits and spice; full-bodied, soft, harmonious and round.
Pairs well with
Red meats, aged cheeses, game, stews and casseroles
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nizza DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Nizza Monferrato (AT)
- Soil
- Marl, sands and sandstone
- Exposure
- South-west, Canfulet and Bricco vineyards
- Harvest
- Hand harvest when fully ripe
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; vines 45 to 90 years old; about 5,000 vines per hectare; 260 m
- Vinification
- Destemmed, gently pressed, 20 to 25 days on the skins, fermented at 26 to 28 °C, then 12 months in 25 hl large oak barrels. Malolactic fully completed.
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20 °C
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