 Barbera d'Asti D.O.C. Superiore
Amistà
CHARACTERISTICS: Intense red in color with orange highlights; on the nose it’s complex, delicate and bouquet of ripe red berries, spice and hints of vanilla; on the palate it is full, rich, elegance, with a gentle tannic structure. It’s a wine of superb structure and density.
- GRAPE VARIETY: 100 % Barbera grapes
- VINE TRAINING METHOD: Guyot
- HARVEST PERIOD: 10/25 October
- MAXIMUM YELD: 45 quintals per hectare, corresponding to 32 hl/ha, approximately 140 cases/acre
- MINIMUM ALCOHOL: 14,0 % vol.
- TOTAL ACIDITY: 6 %
- FERMENTATION: begins in stainless steel tanks at 30° C; the temperature is lowered to 22°C. and the wine is transfered to new oak barriques ( to complete alcoholic and malolactic fermentation)
- MATURATION: new oak barriques for a minimum of twelve months
- REFINEMENT: at least 6 months in the bottle
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