Red
Pozzo dell'Annunziata
By Roberto Voerzio, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba Riserva from the Pozzo dell'Annunziata vineyard in La Morra, first made in 1996 and bottled as magnums.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Riserva DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Pozzo dell'Annunziata
- Production area
- La Morra
- Exposure
- east to south-east
- Harvest
- mid to late September
- Vineyard planting
- Planting density 8,000 vines/ha; yield per vine 500 g; first vintage 1996; about 1,500 to 1,600 magnums of 1.5 l bottles produced
- Vinification
- Fermented in steel; aged 15 months in barriques (30% new, 70% used), 5 months in steel and 18 months in bottle. Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation without added yeasts, lasting 10 to 30 days; malolactic in steel; wine moved to wood for ageing; not filtered; sulphites at bottling usually under half the legal limit.
- Serving temperature
- 15°C to 16°C; open the bottle 2-3 hours before serving if possible
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