Red
Barbera d'Alba Superiore
By Paolo Monti, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera from vines over 40 years old, aged 24 months in new French oak barriques.
Tasting notes
Purple colour, dark but radiant. Spicy notes of cinnamon and tamarind, ripe and macerating red fruit, liquorice and sour cherry, enough to turn heads. Silky, linear palate: fresh and fleshy, structured just right.
Pairs well with
Substantial meat main courses that can stand up to its strength. Pigeon or duck breast, Tuscan crostini and terrines.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Monforte d'Alba: San Martino (450 m), Bussia (280 m) and Merenda (420 m)
- Soil
- Limestone-sandy, with a good share of clay (20%)
- Exposure
- San Martino south, Bussia south-east, Merenda west
- Vineyard planting
- Vines over 40 years old, with selection of the best bunches. Yield 60 quintals per hectare. The Merenda vineyard is 0.92 ha of Barbera at 420 m and also feeds the base Barbera d'Alba.
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested, with grape selection in the vineyard and in the cellar. Fermented in horizontal rotary fermenters for at least 8 days at about 30 °C. Malolactic fermentation, then 24 months in new fine-grain French oak barriques.
- Serving temperature
- 17-18 °C
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