Verbeia – red wine from Piedmont’s native grapes

Red wine Verbeia is a blend of two different grapes from our vineyards. The colour is intense ruby and the nose is mainly vegetal, with shades of fruit and spices. The taste is fresh, with a nice sapidity and a good persistence. To drink with dishes based on meat.

Basic information

Product  Name: Vino Rosso Verbeia
Appellation: Vino Rosso
Classificaton: Vino Rosso
Color: red
Type: still
Country/Region: Italy, Piemonte
Alcool percentage: 13,5 %
Residual sugar: 5 g/L
Aging Potential: 6 years
Number of bottles: 2.000

Vinification (Wine-making)

Method: The harvest by hand takes place at the middle/end of September. The two varieties of grapes are then crushed together, so that during the fermentation of 4/5 days, the wine can take the colour through the skins. After that, the grapes are pressed and the must is put in a steal tank where the malo-lactic fermentation continues. At the end of this process, the wine is decanted in barrique and left there for 6 months. Then the wine is decanted again in a steel tank and after 6 month it is ready to be bottled.

Temperature: 22° C
Duration: 4/5 days
Fermentation: 20/25 days
Tipe of bottle: barrique
Tipe of woods: rovere
Percentage of new barrels: only second or third passage barrels
Minimum time in wood: 6 month
Minimum time in bottle: 4 month

Packaging

Weight of empty bottle: 500 g
Type of bottle: borgognotta nuova
Closure: cork
Size of cork: 25×42
Number of bottle per cases: 6

Vineyard

Soil: calcareous
Exposure: South- West
Year of planting: 1976 – 1980
Agricoltural method: Traditional
Type of Harvest: by hand, in smal crates