Who: Alessandro Uslenghi
Where: Vignale Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy
What: Barbera, Nebbiolo, Cortese, Freisa
How: Certified Organic (CCPB) and Biodynamic (Demeter)
Total size: cases, ha (11 ac)

Barbera del Monferrato DOC 2019

APPELLATION: Barbera del Monferrato DOC

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Barbera

WINE STYLE: Red Still

FERMENTATION TANKS: Small stainless Steel Vats (200HL)

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: Berries shuold be as whole as possible, bunches are destemmed right after harvest, extraction is made by keeping the cap wet

MALOLACTIC: Completed

AGED IN: Stainless Steel

AGED FOR: One Year

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: Filtration with perlite right after malo and then light filtration 1 micron at bottling.

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: no added SO2, natural occurring sulphites 8 ppm

BOTTLING DATE: January 11, 2021

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14.1%

VINEYARD: Montalbava vineyard

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Organic and Biodynamic

ALTITUDE: 260 m

SOIL: Soil is alkaline, Clayey, silty, highly calcareous with the following percentages : Silt 17% clay 45% sand 38%

YEAR PLANTED: 2012

DENSITY: 4100 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: September 26 and 28, 2019

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 160 HL