Red
Il Bosco
By Prinsi, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba Superiore from Neive, aged in small French oak barrels on its lees. Also made in magnum.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red. Intense nose running from blueberry to raspberry and cherry. Harmonious, complex, round and elegant palate.
Pairs well with
Hot starters, substantial first courses, elaborate white and red meats.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera
- Production area
- Neive
- Soil
- Marl, clay and white tufa
- Exposure
- South-east
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 320 m altitude
- Vinification
- Destemmed and crushed, then macerated and fermented on the skins in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 25°C. Malolactic fermentation in wood. Aged in small French oak barrels on the fermentation lees, then in bottle before release.
- Serving temperature
- 18°C
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