Red
Barbera d'Alba
By pQlin, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
A steel-aged Barbera from Guarene and Castagnito, soft and round.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with garnet highlights. Blackberry, plum and cherry with raspberry and wild berries. Soft and round, intense, warm, savory and balanced.
Pairs well with
Meat dishes, particularly local cured meats and soft cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Guarene, Castagnito
- Soil
- Calcareous and clayey
- Exposure
- South / South-West
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, 4,000 vines/ha, vines 20-25 years old, altitude 280-320 m
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested in crates. Grapes are immediately destemmed and crushed. Maceration and fermentation on the skins run spontaneously with natural yeasts in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 28-30 °C. After 15 days the wine is racked off the skins and coarse lees into steel at 22 °C. Malolactic follows alcoholic fermentation. Aged 6 months in steel and in bottle at a controlled 20 °C.
- Serving temperature
- 16-18 °C
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