Product Description

Barbera d’Asti DOCG Piccona 2016

Tasting Notes

It’s the Company’s leading product. A “traditional” Barbera d’Asti, robust, tannic, full and warm; its color is ruby red with hints of garnet. The bouquet is intense and fruity, reminiscent of red fruits like cherry and plum.

Goes extremely well will pasta dishes like “Tajarin ai funghi” (mushroom pasta), “ravioli al plin” and red meat dishes.

Basic information

Product name: PICCONA
Grape variety: Barbera 100%
Denomination: Barbera d’Asti
Appellation: DOCG
Color: red
Typology: still
Town / Region: Nizza Monferrato/ Piedmont / Italy
Vintage: 2016
Alcool vol.: 14,10
Residual sugar: 2
Aging: 1 year in cement barrel
Number of bottles produced: 1400

Wine making

Method: fermentation in cement barrels for 20 days and the must is turned and mixed daily in the open air. After malolactic fermentation takes place it is left to rest for 12 months in a cement barrel and subsequently bottled.
Temperature: 28 °C
Duration: 20 days
Malolactic fermentation: yes
Aging: 12 months in a cement barrel
Minimum length of time in bottles: 1 year

Bottle

Empty bottle weight: 500
Date bottled: 16/02/2014
Aging potential: 8 years
Cork size: 26×45
Cork material: natural cork
Type of bottle: Bordeaux

Grape variety

% Grapes / Vine: barbera 100%
Soil: clayish – calcareous
Exposure: south
Agricultural method: traditional
Year planted: 1978
Harvest date: 28/09/2015
Type of harvest: manual

Chemical analysis

Dry extract [g/l]: 28
Total acidity [g/l in tartaric acid]: 6,15
Volatile acidity [g/l in acetic acid]: 0,46
Total SO2 [mg/l]: 78

Packaging

Number of bottles per box:  6-12 bottles