Winery Marcus Aurelius - Barbera

Winery Marcus AureliusBarbera

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Barbera of Winery Marcus Aurelius is a red wine from the region of Colli Piacentini of Émilie-Romagne.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or veal.

Taste structure of the Barbera from the Winery Marcus Aurelius

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Barbera of Winery Marcus Aurelius in the region of Émilie-Romagne is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Details and technical informations about Winery Marcus Aurelius's Barbera.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chenin

Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.

Last vintages of this wine

Barbera - 2018
In the top 100 of of Colli Piacentini wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Barbera - 2014
In the top 100 of of Colli Piacentini wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Barbera - 2013
In the top 100 of of Colli Piacentini wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Barbera - 2012
In the top 100 of of Colli Piacentini wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Barbera - 2011
In the top 100 of of Colli Piacentini wines
Average rating: 3.111100

The best vintages of Barbera from Winery Marcus Aurelius are 2018, 2014, 2012, 2013 and 2011.

Informations about the Winery Marcus Aurelius

The winery offers 33 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is in the top 25 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Colli Piacentini in the region of Émilie-Romagne

The Winery Marcus Aurelius is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 32 wines for sale in the of Colli Piacentini to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Émilie-Romagne
In the top 45000 of of Italy wines
In the top 2000 of of Colli Piacentini wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Colli Piacentini

The wine region of Colli Piacentini is located in the region of Émilie-Romagne of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Marcus Aurelius or the Domaine Luretta produce mainly wines sparkling, red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Colli Piacentini are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Marsanne, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Colli Piacentini often reveals types of flavors of oaky, tree fruit or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of lychee, mango or orange.


The wine region of Émilie-Romagne

Romagna/emilia">Emilia-Romagna is a Rich and fertile region in Northern Italy, and one of the country's most prolific wine-producing regions, with over 58,000 hectares (143,320 acres) of vines in 2010. It is 240 kilometers (150 miles) wide and stretches across almost the entire northern Italian peninsula, sandwiched between Tuscany to the South, Lombardy and Veneto to the north and the Adriatic Sea to the east. Nine miles of Liguria is all that separates Emilia-Romagna from the Ligurian Sea, and its uniqueness as the only Italian region with both an east and west coast. Emilia-Romagna's wine-growing heritage dates back to the seventh century BC, making it one of the oldest wine-growing regions in Italy.

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