Bava
Nizza Piano Alto 2019
| Denomination | Nizza DOCG |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Area | Piedmont (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Barbera |
| Aging | Maturation begins in the spring in double 1500-litre wooden barrels built especially for us, in which the wine completes malolactic fermentation and remains for 18 months. This is followed by lengthy bottle ageing before presentation to the public. |
| Year | 2019 |
| Product name | Nizza Piano Alto 2019 |
| Color | The colour is an intense ruby red, almost violet, testifying to its richness. |
| Perfume | It is endowed with an intense and complex bouquet, in which fruity sensations prevail, above all currant pulp, and a distinct spicy component of pepper and tobacco. |
| Taste | This is a harmonious, velvety wine, to which ageing in wood lends a balance and majesty that heralds a marked longevity. |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Country | Italy |
Description
Nizza DOCG still red, 14.5% ABV, produced by Bava, a historic Piedmontese winery with roots in Monferrato. Vintage 2019. A wine that celebrates Barbera, the region's flagship grape, with an intense and complex bouquet. The Bava family has cultivated vines in this area since the 1600s, and built their first winery here in 1911. The PianoAlto grapes have an excellent concentration of sugars and anthocyanins, and the tannins are sweet, as is typical for good Barbera when fully ripe. The color is an intense ruby red, almost purple, reflecting its richness. It is a harmonious and velvety wine, to which the aging in wood lends a balance and grandeur that promises remarkable longevity.
Details
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Pairings
- Start up year: 1911
- Oenologist: Giulio Bava
- Bottles produced: 490.000
- Hectares: 55
Since then, over a hundred vintages have gone by, with four generations following one another. The best Bava Barberas are renowned in the world thanks to their high quality.
Today, the family estate extends in Monferrato and Langa, with fifty hectares of vineyards and twenty hectares of natural fields and woods, cultivated with the same awareness, care and attention of the olden times resulting in a sustainable agriculture with a reduced environmental impact.
Walking along the Bava vineyards, you will notice the grass clippings and the prunings used as natual fertilizers, the poles, all strictly made of wood coming from renewable forests or grassing between vine rows, which not only helps prevent soil erosion, but also serves as proof that no hebicides are used. Read more
| Name | Bava Nizza Piano Alto 2019 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Nizza DOCG |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Barbera |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Vendor | Bava |
| Climate | Altitude: 250 m. a.s.l. |
| Soil composition | Limestone |
| Cultivation system | Spurred Cordon. |
| Harvest | The PianoAlto grapes have an excellent concentration of sugars and anthocyanins, the tannins are sweet as is the norm for good Barberas when they are well ripened. |
| Wine making | In the vinification process, the hand-picked grapes are fermented in 53 hl French oak vats and followed with daily tastings. Manual punching-down and delestage are carried out until racking. |
| Aging | Maturation begins in the spring in double 1500-litre wooden barrels built especially for us, in which the wine completes malolactic fermentation and remains for 18 months. This is followed by lengthy bottle ageing before presentation to the public. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |