Red
Barbera d'Alba
By Renato Corino, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A Barbera from 1.5 ha in Frazione Annunziata, kept in steel for 10 months and bottled unfiltered. About 10,000 bottles a year.
Tasting notes
Colour: Bordeaux ruby. Nose: sour cherries and wild berries with notes of violet, herbs and spices. Palate: fresh, soft, sweet and savoury fruit. An aromatic Barbera of black cherries, cinnamon and wet herbs, with fresh acidity reminiscent of ripe raspberries and mandarins.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- La Morra (Frazione Annunziata)
- Soil
- Limestone and clay
- Exposure
- Southeast
- Vineyard planting
- 1.5 ha, 350 m above sea level; Guyot training; average vine age 25 years; yield 60 q/ha
- Vinification
- Fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel for about a week; malolactic in steel. Rests 10 months in stainless steel before bottling. No fining or filtration.
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