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Barbaresco DOCG Asij

Product by: Ceretto

Founded by Riccardo Ceretto in 1937 in Alba, Ceretto now has over 120 hectares of vineyards in the very best sites of the Barolo and Barbaresco regions. The Asili vineyard in Barbaresco is one of their most famous, supplying grapes for this wine as well as the renowned Bararesco Bricco Asili

Vinification

After handpicking the grapes fermentation takes place at 30 degrees Celcius. The wine is shortly macerated on the skins for about 7 days before the malolactic fermentation occurs. The wines are aged in both large and smaller oak barrels for the mandatory 24 months.

Tasting Note

Deep purple in the glass the wine displays raspberry, rose, plum and violet on the nose while ageing in large oak casks only gives a hint of spiciness. The front of the palate is dominated by rather sweet, concentrated and rich fruit with notes of cedar, leather and earth adding background and the tannins on the mid and the back of the palate seem less overt by the perfectly balanced acid.

Food Matches

Roast meats, hard cheeses, polenta dishes and cold meats.