# Barbera d'Alba Superiore (Réva)

> Red, Barbera d'Alba DOC Superiore by [Réva](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/reva.md), Barolo, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/reva-barbera-d-alba-superiore).

- **Producer:** Réva
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbera d'Alba DOC Superiore
- **Grape:** Barbera 100%
- **Production area:** Monforte d'Alba, Località San Sebastiano; Novello (Ravera)
- **Soil:** Sant'Agata marls with a good concentration of sand and silt depending on exposure, and good active limestone content from fossiliferous marls and sandstones and Diano sandstones
- **Exposure:** South-East; North-East
- **Vineyard planting:** 4,500 plants per hectare; 2.6 ha; altitude 300-350 m; vineyards over 40 years old
- **Vinification:** Manual selection of the grapes on a vibrating table. Soft pressing and spontaneous alcoholic fermentation on the skins in temperature-controlled steel tanks for about 30 days, then 10 months in 50 hl Stockinger Austrian oak barrels and at least 14 months in bottle.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

A Barbera Superiore from vines over 40 years old at San Sebastiano and Ravera, aged 10 months in Austrian oak. About 15,000 bottles are made.

## Tasting notes

Full-bodied, structured, enveloping and long on the palate. Aromatic bouquet of red berry fruit, candied fruit and fruit in spirit, and spice. Fresh and very drinkable.