# Le Rocchette (Tenuta Olim Bauda)

> Red, Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG by [Tenuta Olim Bauda](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/tenuta-olim-bauda.md), Nizza, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/tenuta-olim-bauda-le-rocchette).

- **Producer:** Tenuta Olim Bauda
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- **Grape:** Barbera 100%
- **Soil:** A little more sand than the vineyards behind the estate's other two Barberas
- **Harvest:** Generally the first week of October, picked by hand only
- **Vineyard planting:** Yield never above 80 to 90 quintals per hectare, depending on the vintage
- **Vinification:** Grapes are crushed the same evening and fermented in stainless steel. The wine then ages about 18 months in 25 hl Allier French oak barrels and a further 6 months in bottle before release.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

Barbera d'Asti Superiore aged about 18 months in French oak, one of the family's first wines and a favourite of Diana Bertolino.

## Tasting notes

Complex, fine, intense and pleasant nose of well-blended ripe fruit, plum, cocoa and spice. Purple red with violet reflections. Soft and graceful on the palate, of good structure and measured alcohol, with fine, sweet tannins giving fullness.

## Food pairings

Fritto misto, rabbit in bagna neira or agnolotti in Jerusalem artichoke cream.