The wine region of Barbera d'Asti is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Coppo or the Domaine Luigi Spertino produce mainly wines red. On the nose of Barbera d'Asti often reveals types of flavors of cream, dark fruit or cassis and sometimes also flavors of caramel, raisin or stone. In the mouth of Barbera d'Asti is a powerful with a nice freshness.
We currently count 756 estates and châteaux in the of Barbera d'Asti, producing 1444 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Barbera d'Asti go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or lamb.
A very old grape variety grown in the Italian Piedmont. It has a great resemblance with the Freisa, which also comes from the same Italian region. Among the various massal selections made in Italy, we find lampia, michet and rosé. It can be found in Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Mexico, the United States (California), Australia, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, perhaps because it is a delicate and demanding grape variety with, among other things, a fairly long phenological cycle.
red wines from the region of Barbera d'Asti go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of saffron pasta with prawns, tanjia or tomatoes stuffed with sausage meat.
On the nose in the region of Barbera d'Asti often reveals types of flavors of cherry, fennel or truffle and sometimes also flavors of rose petal, black raspberry or baking spice. In the mouth in the region of Barbera d'Asti is a powerful with a nice freshness.
