Product Description
Barbera Monferrato Lively Cichina DOC
Tasting notes
Barbera, a young, cheerful and lively wine with a brilliant ruby red, clear and consistent color. The bouquet is intense, fragrant, fruity and persistent with hints of berries; the taste is sweet, warm, harmonious, soft and fresh.
It goes well mainly with rich foods and in particular the “Bagna Cauda” with the “Cardo Gobbo di Nizza Monferrato”.
Informazioni di base
Product name: CICHINA
Grape variety: Barbera 100%
Denomination: Barbera del Monferrato
Appellation: DOC
Color: red
Typology: lively
Town/Region: Nizza Monferrato/ Piemonte / Italia
Aging: 2020
Alcool vol: 13,40
Residual Sugar: 1,1 g/l
Number of bottles produced: 3500
Vinification
Method: fermentation in cement barrels for 12 days. In the final part of the process the wine is filtered to stop the fermentation. Only a few grams of sugar are left which are required subsequently for the foam, so as to make it lively.
Temperature: 28 °C
Duration: 12 days
Minimum length of time in bottles: 2 months
Bottle
Empty bottle weight: 500 gr
Aging potential: 2 anni
Cork size: 26×40
Cork material: plastic
Type of bottle: bordeaux
Vineyards
% Grape variety / Vine: Barbera 100%
Soil: clay – limestone
Exposure: east
Agricultural method: traditional
Year planted: 1987
Type of harvest: manual
Chemical analysis
Dry extract [g/l]: 26,5
Total acidity [g/l in acido tartarico]: 6,15
Volatile acidity [g/l in acido acetico]: 0,52
Total SO2 [mg/l]: 81
Packaging
Number of bottles per box: 6-12 bottles