Red
Rocche Massalupo
By Tenuta Baràc, Alba, Piemonte, Italy
Single-vineyard Barbaresco from Nebbiolo grown in the commune of Alba, aged 12 months in large French oak. Hand-harvested.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with garnet shades. Intense scent with prevailing dried violet and cherries in spirit, a note of tobacco and caramel. Enveloping tannins typical of the grape. Full, elegant and full-bodied. A wine that gains complexity with the years.
Pairs well with
Red meats, game and medium to long-aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Rocche Massalupo
- Production area
- Alba
- Soil
- Mostly grey marl
- Exposure
- West
- Harvest
- First to second decade of October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, 300 m above sea level
- Vinification
- Grapes from a single vineyard chosen for its exposure to the sun, hand-harvested, destemmed and crushed. Fermentation and maceration last about 10 days in stainless steel at a controlled 28-30 °C. After malolactic fermentation the wine ages 12 months in large French oak barrels, then continues ageing in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 16-18 °C
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