Red
Barbera d'Alba
By Rabino, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba DOC from 100% Barbera, aged 18 months in large French oak barrels, 12.5% alcohol. About 3,000 bottles are made; ageing potential 7 years.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby with violet reflections. Aromas of coffee, spice such as pink pepper and red juniper, then cherry and plum. Structured and robust, with balanced acidity and a long, refined finish recalling wood and vanilla.
Pairs well with
Meat sauces and important main courses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Canale (CN), Roero; grapes from Bricco Novara, Bricco Leoni and Ca' di Carli
- Soil
- Medium mixture (medio impasto)
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- Mid-September, hand-picked into crates
- Vineyard planting
- Vines planted in 1980; eco-sustainable farming; green thinning in August
- Vinification
- Grapes are destemmed and crushed, then ferment in steel at 28 °C for about 20 days, with délestage; malolactic fermentation follows. Ages 18 months in 10-year-old large barrels of medium-toast French Allier oak, then at least 6 months in bottle.
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