# Barbera d'Alba Superiore (Rizieri)

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

- **Producer:** Rizieri
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- **Grape:** Barbera
- **Production area:** Sorì del Ricchino, Diano d'Alba
- **Soil:** Calcareous-clayey with sandy veins
- **Exposure:** 350 m above sea level; south/south-west
- **Harvest:** September
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot training. Fertilised with manure and green manure; soil managed by hoeing and mowing under the row. Yield 55 hl/ha. Picked by hand in 20 kg crates. No herbicides are used on the estate.
- **Vinification:** Fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel with about 15 days of skin maceration; malolactic fermentation in wood. Aged 12 months in 25 hl Slavonian oak barrels and 500 l French oak tonneaux. Bottled after a very light filtration with minimal sulphites.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

Oak-aged Barbera d'Alba Superiore, 12 months in large barrels and tonneaux. The producer says it keeps 8 to 10 years.

## Tasting notes

Intense purple red. Plum and cherry fruit with spicy hints of ginger and green pepper, described by the producer as seductively feminine. Enveloping and fleshy, with a fresh, persistent finish and acidity and tannins balanced by the wood ageing.

## Food pairings

First courses, braised and stewed red meats, aged and blue cheeses.