# Cascina Rocca 33 (Vicara)

> Red, Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOC by [Vicara](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/vicara.md), Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/vicara-cascina-rocca-33).

- **Producer:** Vicara
- **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
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

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.

## Food pairings

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.