Aree protette del Po Piemontese

A basic vine in the wine making of Piedmont, Barbera is a very versatile wine, with a production going from traditional Barbera wine, to oaky wines, to new red wines... to sparkling wines (spumanti). The grape harvest takes place at the beginning of October, when the ripe bunches, very compact and pyramid-shaped, have an intense blue color.
Rather full-bodied, suitable to aging, with a minimum alcoholic content of 11.5°, Barbera del Monferrato DOC - of a more or less intense ruby red color - offers a dry and sometimes sweetish taste.