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Region: Piemonte
Zone: Colli Tortonesi DOC
Wine:

Colli Tortonesi Barbera DOC

Facts about this wine

Wine: Red wine
Taste: Dry
Volume: Medium
Min. alcohol: 11%
Storage potential: 2 years

Barbera is a major grape in Piedmont, and it is used in the production of this red Colli Tortonesi Barbera DOC (85-100%) to which it is permitted the addition of up to 15% local non-aromatic blue grapes.

The result is a dark, ruby red wine which with age obtains garnet reflections. The bouquet is pleasantly vinous, with a persistent and characteristic scent.

Colli Tortonesi Barbera DOC is dry, fresh and at times bubbly (Vivace). It may be robust, but with age it rounds its finesse and becomes softer.

A barrel aged Colli Tortonesi Barbera Riserva DOC is also produced with a mandatory maturation period of 24 months beginning on November 1st of the year of the harvest.

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