BARBERA D’ALBA D.O.C. APE REALE

A typical wine obtained from the same named vine grown on the Langa hills. It has a brilliant ruby red colour and an intense vinous fragrance with very marked cherry and plum scents. The taste is dry with a good smooth and harmonic body. An excellent wine for the whole meal. It is advised to drink it at a temperature of 18-20C. This wine has been made and bottled by oenologist Paolo Torchio

 

Technical card

Vine: Barbera 100%
Maximum grape production: 100 q./ha. = 9.333 bott. 0.75 l./ha .
Maximum yield: 70 %.
Ageing: not expected, if it should be aged by a period not inferior to one year in oak or chestnut casks then it can have the written specification “Superior”.
Colour: ruby red when young, with a tendency towards garnet after ageing.
Fragrance: intense vinous characteristic, delicate fragrance.
Taste: dry bodied, quite a marked acidity, a light tannin-richness, a full and harmonic taste after adequate ageing.
Minimum alcohol volume: 12 , 12,5 for the ” Superior” type.
Minimum acidity total: 4,5 ‰.
Minimum dry net extract: 23 g./l.
Complements: For all young meal, meat, game and matured cheese if aeged.
Duration in years: 5-10.
Serving temp: 18-20 °C.