Winery Franco CostaBarbera
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The Barbera of the Winery Franco Costa is in the top 0 of wines of Piedmont.
Details and technical informations about Winery Franco Costa's Barbera.
Discover the grape variety: Corinto Nero
Small, intensely coloured seedless grapes, mainly destined for raisin production. More rarely vinified into confidential sweet and liqueur wines from the Aeolian Islands, with a dark colour, luscious palate and aromas of candied black fruit, raisins and spices. Grown in the Cyclades (island of Lipari) and southern Italy. A seedless mutation of the Corinth raisin, an ancient Greek black variety.
Informations about the Winery Franco Costa
The Winery Franco Costa is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Piedmont to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Piedmont
Kingdom of Nebbiolo: Barolo and Barbaresco DOCG, long-ageing reds with firm tannins and lively acidity, complex aromas of withered rose, sour cherry, tar, truffle and undergrowth. More accessible, tangy Barbera on red fruit, supple, crisp Dolcetto. Sweet, floral sparkling Moscato d'Asti, mineral, lemony Gavi (Cortese) white, round, almondy Arneis from Roero. 50,000 ha across the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato, UNESCO.
The word of the wine: Sulphiting
Introduction of a sulphurous solution into a must or wine to protect it from accidents or diseases, or to select the ferments.
