Red
De Viginti
By Vinchio Vaglio, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Piemonte DOC Barbera whose name recalls the Roman 'Viginti', twenty miles from Vinchio to Alba, sold in 3 and 10 litre bags in box.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with garnet hues; intense aromas, medium body and fresh, with aromas of lightly matured fruit that make it round and pleasant.
Pairs well with
bagna cauda, tasty first courses, red meat main courses, salami, aged and blue cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC Barbera
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Soil
- Sandy soils with some clay and calcareous marl
- Exposure
- South to south-west
- Harvest
- Third week of September, hand-selected in the morning.
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 4500 vines per hectare, altitude 250 m above sea level
- Vinification
- After crushing and destemming, fermentation and maceration in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks for about 6 days at 23 C; malolactic fermentation at 18 C. Rests in cement or stainless steel tanks for about 4 months before bottling.
- Serving temperature
- 18 C
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