Roagna

Barbera d'Alba DOC 2012 - Roagna

€39.00

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Vintage: 2012
Appellation: Barbera d'Alba DOC
Grape: barbera 100%
Alcohol: 13.5%
Bottle size: 0.75l
Drink from: 2017/2022
Serve at: 16/18 °C
Perfect for: Dinner with friends
Tannico rating: 90pt
Type: Red
Pairing: Main dishes featuring red meat, Main dishes featuring white meats, Meat-based pasta or rice dishes

Current year awards

Antonio Galloni 94

Tasting Notes

Deep ruby red colour. Characteristically vinous bouquet, with notes of red fruit and spicy nuances. The palate is fruity, nicely bodied with slight tertiary notes and evident acidity.

Pairing

Roagna’s Barbera d'Alba DOC is a wine that pairs well with the traditional local cuisine: hot Piedmontese starters, tasty rice and pasta dishes, main courses feature red and wine meats, mixed boiled meats. Try with bagna cauda - a traditional Piedmontese dip made with oil, garlic and anchovies, served hot and used for dipping a variety of raw and cooked vegetables.

Barbera d'Alba DOC 2012 - Roagna: Why we like it

We like it because it is an important, elegant, complex and well-structured Barbera. An uncommon and quite exclusive Barbera, if we consider that only a few thousand bottles a year are produced. The grapes come from the Pira vineyard in Castiglione Falletto, exposed southeast. In an area cultivated with Nebbiolo, there is a small parcel of land located uphill which is historically dedicated to Barbera, with old vines obtained from mass selections. The manual harvest usually takes place in the first half of October. When the grapes have been picked, the best bunches are selected, to ensure that the grapes are perfectly healthy. Fermentation takes place exclusively in wooden vats, using a pied de cuve of native yeasts, and continues for about ten days. The submerged cap maceration technique is then applied, for a period of at least two and a half months. The wine then ages in natural oak barrels for about five years.