Red
Cascina Rocca 33
By Vicara, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A pure Barbera from a plot beside the ruined Cascina Rocca, made only in the best years and in very small quantities. Alcohol 15%.
Tasting notes
Deep ruby red colour; on the nose red fruit, plum and violet. On the palate powerful, fresh and balanced, with a very persistent finish.
Pairs well with
Agnolotti with roast sauce, pork stew with plums, a mixed platter of goose, buffalo, deer and wild boar cold cuts, venison with blueberries, savoury panna cotta with 30-month Parmigiano Reggiano, fried porcini.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Cascina Rocca
- Production area
- Monferrato; a 2-hectare plot along a ridge, labelled Comune di Treville
- Exposure
- Ridge always exposed to the north winds
- Vineyard planting
- 2 hectares of vines along a ridge; yield under 1 kg of grapes per plant
- Vinification
- Made only in the best vintages, in extremely limited production
- Serving temperature
- 16-18 °C
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