
Perfume

Color

Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour

- Start up year: 1928
- Oenologist: Piero Ballario
- Bottles produced: 90.000
- Hectares: 18
Recognising the overriding need to respect and enhance the unique characteristics of the vineyards, we look on these sorì, as well-aspected hillsides are called around here, as magical places where we can rediscover our own roots.
In fact it was in the early 1980s that 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.
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Name | Elio Grasso Barbera d'Alba Vigna Martina 2022 |
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Type | Red still |
Denomination | Barbera d'Alba DOC |
Vintage | 2022 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 14.5% 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 |