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8 Apr 2025 | Verona, Italy

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BARBERA D’ALBA D.O.C. FOSSAMARA

Lorenzo Marchisio

Winemaker at CASCINA DEL POZZO

Castellinaldo d'Alba, Italy

About

FIRST VINTAGE: 1996

Barbera has always been considered the most important variety here in Castellinaldo. Thanks to the territory we come from, Barbera takes on organoleptic characteristics that set it apart from others. With this label, we find Barbera in its simplest expression, vinified solely in steel tanks, to allow the aromas and flavors of our land's Barbera to shine through.

GRAPE VARIETAL: Barbera 100%

PRODUCTION AREA: Castellinaldo d’Alba – Roero

SOIL: sandy with low percentage of silt and clay

EXPOSURE/ ALTITUDE: south- east / 280 - 300 m

GROWING/PRUNING: vertical trellis / Guyot

DENSITY: 5,000 vines per hectare

YIELD PER HECTARE: 60 hl

HARVEST: manually, end of September

VINIFICATION: 10-12 days skin contact with delestages and pressing; fermentation in controlled temperature stainless steel; maximum regime 28° C

AGEING: 8 months in stainless steel tanks, 6 months in the bottle

BOTTLES PER YEAR: 10,000

SERVE WITH: first and second tasty diches, roast meat and medium-aged cheese SIZE: 0,75 L - 1,5 L

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