Barbera d'Alba "Vignota" 2021 - Conterno Fantino
Barbera of great elegance and structure, ideal as a combination with cured meats and meat dishes. A short aging in barrique makes it suitable for long aging even if it expresses its freshness at best in the first 3/4 years from marketing.
Municipality: Monforte d'Alba
Variety: 100% Barbera
Year of planting: 1980 - 1998
Soil: calcareous, marly
Exposure: south-east, south-west
Altitude: from 200 to 400 meters s.l.m.
Slope: 20% to 35%
Breeding system: Guyot
Density of plant: 5,000 / 5,500 per hectare
Harvest: manual harvesting and selection at the end of September - beginning of October
Average production: 70 q / ha - 50 hl / ha
Vinification: alcoholic fermentation and maceration in contact with the skins in steel horizontal vats for 6 - 8 days
Aging: in second passage barriques for 10 months
First harvest: 1985
Bottles produced: around 30,000