Tasting Notes: Ripe with bright berries, cherry, and spices, this Barbera d’Alba from Tre Donne is remarkably refreshing for a red wine. Because it naturally has very few tannins, Barbera has much of the crisp quaffability of light wines, but the complexity of great reds.
| Piemonte, Italia. (Neive) 30 hectares. |
Marl and clay. | ||
| Tre Donne. (tray DOHN-ay) |
Guyot. 3,000-4,000 vines/hectare. 1 bottle/plant yield. |
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| Daniela, Rosanna, & Antonella. (don-YEAH-lah) (rohz-AHN-ah) (ahn-toh-NAY-lah) |
Fermentation for 10-12 days in temp controlled tanks. | ||
| 100% Barbera d'Alba. | No barrel aging. | ||
| 0.6 grams per liter. | 6 months in the bottle. | ||
| 5.6 grams per liter. | 2,500 cases. | ||
| 13.0% by volume. | Prosciutto, filet mignon, and hearty Italian cheeses. |