Barbera d'Alba 2022 - Ferdinando Principiano

Barbera d'Alba - Ferdinando Principiano

The grapes used to produce the Barbera d'Alba come from a vineyard with vines over forty years. The grapes after harvest, are fermented spontaneamnete without inoculation of yeasts and without the use of sulfur. The maceration lasts about 20 days with pumping over and punching down minimum. It follows a first refinement of 10 months in stainless steel tanks and then in bottle. Laura Barbera shows a brilliant ruby ​​red color with an intense nose of red fruit. In the mouth you notice its acidity and its crunchiness for a drink unsurpassed.

Service

Serve Barbera d'Aba at a temperature of 16/18 ° in tulip glasses. Great wine for every day you can keep for a few years. Our advice is to keep it in a horizontal position in a cool, damp and dark.

Pairing

Everyday wine that goes perfectly with cold cuts appetizers, pasta dishes with tomato sauces to try with bagna cauda.

The winery: Ferdinand Principiano

The cellar of Ferdinand Principiano is located in Monteforte d'Alba in the heart of the Langhe. Initiated by his grandfather and later run by his father, who cultivated vineyards to sell the grapes, in 1993 Ferdinand takes over the reins of the company. Freshly graduated from college in winemaking began making wine in their grapes and sell the wines he has produced. But it is in 2003 that the real breakthrough occurs, you understand that you have a strong and unbreakable bond with its land, its vines and its wines, and relies entirely on tradition and authenticity of the wines he has produced. Banning any form of chemical from the vineyard and the cellar, presses the grapes with their feet, uses only indigenous yeasts for fermentation to obtain a wine that is an authentic expression of the territory. Numerous its Barolo Cru in different versions: Ravera, Boscaretto and Pian Romualda and beautiful interpretations of the other varieties of the Langhe Dolcetto, Freisa and Barbera for red and Timorasso and the Whites, do not miss an original interpretation of Barbera sparkling wines.