Red
Barbera d'Alba Superiore
By Valdinera, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba Superiore from vines planted in 1960, first made in 1989; about 7,000 bottles a year at 13.5%.
Tasting notes
Intense red. Intense and ethereal. Soft and velvety.
Pairs well with
Red meat and cheese
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Corneliano d'Alba and Canale (CN)
- Soil
- Marine origin, medium mixture, clayey
- Harvest
- Second half of October, by hand
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1960; 0.9 ha on a hill at 280 m; Guyot training; 3,400 vines per hectare; yield 80 q/ha
- Vinification
- Destemming, soft pressing, 15-18 days maceration in temperature-controlled stainless steel at 28 C. A few months in large barrel, bottled several months after harvest, then a few months in bottle
- Serving temperature
- 14-16 C
- Storage
- Lying down in the dark in a dry cellar; ageing potential 8-10 years
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