Red
Barbera d'Alba Superiore
By Socré, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera from an old vineyard on calcareous clay, fermented in wooden vats and aged in used oak, with low acidity and good depth.
Tasting notes
Deep ruby red. Wide bouquet, low acidity, depth, body and complexity; hints of blueberry, jam and tartness, with acidity that does not dominate. Alcohol 14.0 to 14.5% vol, dry extract above 30 g/l.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC Superiore
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Soil
- Calcareous clay
- Exposure
- South/southeast, 220 m above sea level
- Vineyard planting
- Old vineyard, fairly dense planting, Guyot training, 5,000 vines per hectare, thinning at ripening and careful grape selection.
- Vinification
- Vinified in 20 hl truncated-cone wooden vats, aged 12 to 18 months in second and third passage oak barrels, then blended and kept in stainless steel for 6 to 12 months, plus six months in bottle before release.
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