# Stella Rossa (Marco Bonfante)

> Red, Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG by [Marco Bonfante](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/marco-bonfante.md), Nizza, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/stella-rossa).

- **Producer:** Marco Bonfante
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- **Grape:** Barbera 100%
- **Production area:** Vineyards around the winery in Nizza Monferrato, which once belonged to the Stella farm
- **Soil:** Calcareous clay marl
- **Exposure:** South, south-east
- **Harvest:** Second half of September
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot, 5,500 plants per hectare, 65 hl/ha, altitude 250 m
- **Vinification:** Half the crop is cold-macerated; the other half is destalked, soft-pressed and left 10 days on the skins. Aged 10 months, half in Slavonian oak barrels and half in used French oak barriques.
- **Serving temperature:** 16-18 C
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

Easy-drinking Barbera d'Asti Superiore named after the vineyards around the Nizza Monferrato winery that once belonged to the Stella farm.

## Tasting notes

Bright purple-red. Winy bouquet of cherry and marasca cherry with a very delicate vanilla note. Dry, full-bodied and structured, with the variety's acidity, persistent, with balanced tannins.

## Food pairings

Monferrato dishes such as anchovies in green sauce, bagna cauda with Nizza cardoon, risotto, tajarin; in particular panissa.