Red
Bricco Cicchetta
By Pietro Rinaldi, Alba, Piemonte, Italy
Bricco Cicchetta is Pietro Rinaldi's Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC from an old vineyard of the same name in Madonna di Como, more than 50 years old.
Tasting notes
Intense, almost dark ruby red with violet reflections. Intense nose of ripe fruit, hints of spices, licorice and vanilla. Develops texture and power on the palate, with notes of ripe cherries, berries and mineral notes, and a long, persistent finish.
Pairs well with
Bollito misto alla piemontese (mixed boiled meats), braised beef and tagliolini pasta with mushroom sauce; robust dishes of Italian cooking.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Bricco Cicchetta
- Production area
- Madonna di Como, on a hilltop; altitude between 300 and 340 m a.s.l.; the vineyard is more than 50 years old
- Soil
- Calcareous marl and clay
- Exposure
- 360°
- Harvest
- Last ten days of September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot pruning; yield of 6000 kg/ha obtained through cluster thinning; vineyard planted more than 50 years ago
- Vinification
- Fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel vats for about 10 days at 28-30°C, several rackings and malolactic fermentation, then aged in large Slavonian oak barrels of 25 hectoliters (the wine page states 12 months of ageing; the tech-sheet PDF states 2 months for the same wine, a discrepancy between the producer's own sources).
- Serving temperature
- 17-18°C
- Storage
- Great ageing potential; can give intense emotions for more than 10 years.
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