Sweet

Spasso

By Vite Colte, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy

Vite Colte Spasso

A passito-style red made from late-harvested, vine-withered Barbera, aged six months in barriques.

Tasting notes

Colour: deep ruby red. Bouquet: open and elegant, with scents of ripe fruit, plum and currant jam. Palate: dry, very intense, with evident notes of withered fruit, smooth, warm, enveloping and balanced.

Technical details

Style
Sweet
Denomination
Piemonte DOC Rosso Passito
Grape
Barbera
Production area
Monferrato
Exposure
Southerly exposure, on slopes with limited water retention capacity.
Vinification
Barbera grapes withered naturally on the vine, overripened due to accumulated warmth and lack of water. Vinification in steel with long macerations of 15-18 days at 25 degrees C, followed by malolactic fermentation and six months' ageing in barriques.

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