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Barbera d’Alba Superiore Ribota – SAVIGLIANO FRATELLI
SAVIGLIANO FRATELLI producer’s sheet
General informations
- DESIGNATION: Barbera d’Alba Superiore D.O.C. “Ribota”
- GRAPE VARIETY: Barbera 100%
- BOTTLE SIZE: 0.750 liter bottles
Vineyard
- SOIL: calcareous
- PLANTING DENSITY: 4630 vines per Ha
- YIELD: 100 q/Ha
- TRAINING SYSTEM: Traditional Guyot
- AGE OF THE VINEYARD: 35 years
- HARVEST PERIOD: mid-October
Wine processing
- VINIFICATION: on skins. Fermentation for 6-7 days in steel tanks with frequent pumping over to extract color and structure at a controlled temperature. Subsequent drawing off and storage of wine in sheltered areas, resulting in malolactic fermentation
- AGEING: in French oak barriques for 1 year
- REFINEMENT: in bottles for at least 1 year. To be consumed within 7-8 years of ageing
Characteristic
- COLOUR: intense ruby red
- BOUQUET: spicy, licorice
- TASTE: full, soft, good structure, acidity not too marked
- PAIRING: game dishes, elaborate dishes, braised red meat
- SERVING TEMPERATURE: 18 °C
- STORAGE OF BOTTLES: horizontal position
Analytical data
- ALCOHOL: 15,5% vol
- TOTAL ACIDITY: 5,79 g/l in tartaric acid
- DRY EXTRACT: 32 g/l
- REDUCER SUGARS: 3,25 g/l
