Red

Barbera d'Asti Superiore

By Rossello, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy

Rossello Barbera d'Asti Superiore

A Barbera d'Asti Superiore aged in wood, matched by the producer with robust food.

Tasting notes

Garnet red, winey scent, austere taste. Ruby red turning garnet with age, intense scent tending to ethereal, dry and full-bodied.

Pairs well with

Robust foods.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
Grape
Barbera
Soil
Medium-textured, tending to clay
Harvest
First half of October
Vineyard planting
Trellised vines trained to Guyot, 2.40 m x 0.90 m spacing, vines 25 years old, yield 70 q/ha, 250 m above sea level, 2,900 thermal-sum hours
Vinification
Destemming and pressing; steel vinification with pumping over and punching down; about 12 to 16 months in oak. Alcohol 14%.
Serving temperature
16 - 18 °C

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