Grape variety: 100% Barbera , Piemonte. Average age of the vines: 15-20 years.
Production zone: Piedmont Region, Province of Asti Colour: intense ruby red with fair purple nuances Aroma: intensely vinous, heady, and ethereal with typical and prevailing fruity notes of cherry, liquorice, plums, violet and blackberry Taste: tannic, full-flavoured, dry, astringent and persistent, with a balanced acidity without excess Soil: limy, clayey, sandy and calcareous Altitude: 180-340 meters above sea level Training system: traditional Piedmontese guyot with a vine density ranging from 4,000 to 4,500 vine stocks per hectare Production yield per hectare: 90 quintals Average age of the vines: 20-40 years Vinification: temperature controlled steel tanks Total acidity: < 5.6 gr./l Dry extract: 28 gr./l Serving temperature: 18°C in stem glassed for full-body red wines