Details
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Pairings
- Start up year: 1928
- Oenologist: Piero Ballario
- Bottles produced: 90.000
- Hectares: 18
In the early 1980s we decided to go back to our origins as grape growers, well aware that our work did not stop at the end of the row of vines. We had no illusions that we were inventing anything: we merely wanted to comply with the best in the traditions and work of our predecessors, without any preconceived ideas. The first logical consequence was the decision, from 1978, to vinify and bottle separately grapes from our various vineyards. Read more
| Name | Elio Grasso Barbera d'Alba Vigna Martina 2023 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Barbera d'Alba DOC |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Barbera |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Vendor | Elio Grasso |
| Origin | Monforte d'Alba (Cuneo). |
| Climate | Altitude: 380 m a.s.l. Exposure: South. |
| Soil composition | Medium-limestone mixture tending to sandy. |
| Cultivation system | Guyot. |
| Plants per hectare | 4,500 kg/hectare. |
| Harvest | Third decade of September, the first week of October with manual harvesting. |
| Wine making | The vinification of Barbera d'Alba Vigna Martina involves alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature, with daily pumping-over. |
| Aging | After malolactic fermentation, the wine is aged in French oak barriques. After bottling, the Barbera d'Alba Vigna Martina rests in the cellar for at least 8 months before being marketed. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

