Red
Castellinaldo
By Raffaele Gili, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC named after the village, which is also a prestigious subzone for Barbera d'Alba. 100% Barbera, about 15 months in small oak barrels. Offered in 0.375 L, 0.75 L, 1.5 L and 3 L.
Tasting notes
Garnet in colour, with a broad, persistent scent of preserved fruit and sweets. Full, savoury, warm, nicely acidic and gently tannic. Expected to age well.
Pairs well with
Meat main courses, or on its own as a contemplative wine.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Bricco San Bernardo
- Production area
- Bricco San Bernardo, a 2.5 ha hill at 300 m above sea level, half in Magliano Alfieri and half in Priocca (tech sheet). The web page says instead a selection from the vineyard above the cellar.
- Soil
- Hill soils of medium texture
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot
- Vinification
- Long maceration on the skins, at least 12 days, and fermentation without temperature control in steel tanks. Then about 15 months in small oak barrels.
- Serving temperature
- 18°C
- Storage
- Expected to have a long life and an interesting evolution.
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