Barbera d’Alba Morassina
Highly intense wine, featuring a perfect balance between the grape variety’s freshness and the full-bodiness achieved by ageing in Slavonian oak.
Intense and velvety vinous perfum. Dry flavour and full body. Deep purplish colour, almost impenetrable red.
Grape variety
100% barbera
Surface area
1 hectare, with south, south-westerly exposure
Altitude
200 / 330 meters a.s.l.
Soil
Limestone and clay soil rich in minerals and stratified
Age of vineyard
around 45 years
Density of planting system
guyot-4,000 vines per hectare
Yield per hectare
80 quintals
Production
approx. 8.000 bottles
Harvest
manual
Vinification
around 20 days of fermentation in stainless steel tanks
Ageing
18 months, in Slavonian oak casks, in size of 17 hl. 6 months in the bottle before being released for sale.