Red
Liberta
By Roberto Ferraris, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
A Nizza from the Liberta vineyard in Castelnuovo Calcea, aged 18 months in French oak. Particularly full-bodied, with mineral notes, suited to long ageing.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nizza DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Liberta
- Production area
- Liberta vineyard, Castelnuovo Calcea
- Soil
- Calcareous marl with a prevalence of silt (65%) and white soil, then sand and clay
- Exposure
- South-west, south; 250 m
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; vines 45 to 50 years old
- Vinification
- Long maceration of 20 to 25 days with skin contact and gentle pumping over the skin cap; 18 months in 225 litre French oak barriques, then some months in bottle
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20 °C