Red
La Cricca
By Roberto Ferraris, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's barrique-aged Barbera d'Asti Superiore from the best vineyard, full-bodied, fruity and rich in extract.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- La Cricca
- Production area
- La Cricca vineyard, Agliano Terme
- Soil
- Calcareous marl with a prevalence of silt and sand
- Exposure
- South; 260 m
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; vines about 50 years old
- Vinification
- Long maceration of 20 to 25 days with skin contact and gentle pumping over the skin cap; 12 to 14 months in 225 litre French oak barriques
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20 °C