Features
Name:
Barbera d'Alba DOC "Peiragal" 2018
Terrain:
Very compact clayey limestone with large stones
Winery
Abbona family produces high quality wines, continuing, year after year, the work started by the Marquises of Barolo more than two centuries ago
There is a thread which binds people, vineyards, cellars and bottles: the knowledge and the passion of producing wines which respect the unique characteristics of this marvelous territory with a very high wine vocation.
Anna and Ernesto Abbona, together with their children Valentina and Davide, are the faithful interpreters of the diversity of places, vineyards and vines.
They rigorously respect and preserve their typicality by vinifying grapes coming from their vineyards and from contributing winemakers selected in many years of activity, favoring the location and the cultivation capacity of each single vineyard.
Description
Peiragal is an ancient Piedmontese dialect term, which identifies hills of good slope consisting of large formations of very compact calcareous clayey soil, with large stones. These conditions limit the absorption of rains and favor a very deep rooting of vines, in search of humidity which rises, by capillarity, from the deep layers. The result is the production of sparse bunches and, therefore, of a very structured wine, with moderate acidity, well balanced alcoholic presence and sweet tannins, never too much in evidence.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Ruby red color with intense and brilliant garnet edges.
Fresh, lively bouquet, with clear scents of blackcurrants, wild berries, toasted hazelnuts and vanilla.
The taste is elegant, of immediate pleasantness, balance and harmony, with soft and enveloping tannins. Spicy and boisé notes blend perfectly.
Storage time:
4-5 years
Vinification
Gentle pressing and destemming; fermentation, at controlled temperature, in thermo-conditioned tanks.
Maceration on the skins with periodic soft pumping over for about 9 days at 28-30°.
Malolactic fermentation in vitrified cement vats at a controlled temperature of about 22°.
Acknowledgements
2018 Decanter World Wine Awards silver medal
2018 James Suckling 92/100
2017 Robert Parker - Wine Advocate 90/100
2017 James Suckling 92/100
2017 Decanter World Wine Awards 92/100
2017 Doctorwine - Essential Guide to Italian Wines 91/100
