Red
Barbera d'Alba
By Schiavenza, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera from 0.4 hectares of clay soils in Serralunga, raised in concrete and steel.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Vineyards in Serralunga d'Alba, 330 to 400 m above sea level, 0.4 ha
- Soil
- Clay
- Harvest
- By hand, second half of September
- Vineyard planting
- traditional Guyot, 4,000 vines per hectare; average vine age 10 to 20 years
- Vinification
- Fermentation and maceration in concrete vats of 3,000 to 5,000 litres at 25 to 27 C, with two pump-overs a day. Racked several times into steel tanks for about 10 to 12 days; racked into steel tanks, then aged in bottle in cool, dark cellars.
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