Winery La Castellina Fondazione FojaniniLe Barbarine Sassella Valtellina Superiore Riserva
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Le Barbarine Sassella Valtellina Superiore Riserva of the Winery La Castellina Fondazione Fojanini is in the top 10 of wines of Valtellina Superiore.
Taste structure of the Le Barbarine Sassella Valtellina Superiore Riserva from the Winery La Castellina Fondazione Fojanini
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Le Barbarine Sassella Valtellina Superiore Riserva of Winery La Castellina Fondazione Fojanini in the region of Lombardie is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Le Barbarine Sassella Valtellina Superiore Riserva of Winery La Castellina Fondazione Fojanini in the region of Lombardie often reveals types of flavors of spices, red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Le Barbarine Sassella Valtellina Superiore Riserva
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Barbarine Sassella Valtellina Superiore Riserva
Original food and wine pairings with Le Barbarine Sassella Valtellina Superiore Riserva
The Le Barbarine Sassella Valtellina Superiore Riserva of Winery La Castellina Fondazione Fojanini matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of braised beef with carrots, moroccan style leg of lamb or duck breast with spices, roasted figs with honey and port.
Details and technical informations about Winery La Castellina Fondazione Fojanini's Le Barbarine Sassella Valtellina Superiore Riserva.
Discover the grape variety: Nebbiolo
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Le Barbarine Sassella Valtellina Superiore Riserva from Winery La Castellina Fondazione Fojanini are 2007, 2015, 2009, 2006 and 2012.
Informations about the Winery La Castellina Fondazione Fojanini
The Winery La Castellina Fondazione Fojanini is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Valtellina Superiore to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Valtellina Superiore
The wine region of Valtellina Superiore is located in the region of Valtellina of Lombardie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine ARPEPE or the Domaine ARPEPE produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Valtellina Superiore are Nebbiolo, Sangiovese and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Valtellina Superiore often reveals types of flavors of cherry, sour cherry or fennel and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
The wine region of Lombardie
Lombardy is one of Italy's largest and most populous regions, located in the north-central Part of the country. It's home to a handful of popular and well-known wine styles, including the Bright, cherry-scented Valtellina and the high-quality Sparkling wines Franciacorta and Oltrepo Pavese Metodo Classico. Lombardy is Italy's industrial powerhouse, with the country's second largest city (Milan) as its regional capital. Despite this, the region has vast tracts of unspoiled countryside, home to many small wineries that produce a significant portion of the region's annual wine production of 1.
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The word of the wine: Effervescent
Any wine loaded with CO2 (carbon dioxide), which is revealed in the form of bubbles, reinforcing the freshness effect in the mouth. This gas production is the result of what is called the second fermentation in the bottle. It occurs in champagnes and sparkling wines such as crémants.
