Winery MassenaBarbera
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or mild and soft cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Barbera
Pairings that work perfectly with Barbera
Original food and wine pairings with Barbera
The Barbera of Winery Massena matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of quiche lorraine, pastilla with chicken (moroccan pie with brick sheets) or chicken pie.
Details and technical informations about Winery Massena's Barbera.
Discover the grape variety: Jurançon blanc
Crisp, neutral dry whites with a pale colour, a supple palate and high acidity, showing simple aromas of white flowers, white fruits (apple), citrus and understated neutral notes. A productive style mainly destined for Armagnac distillation. Grown in Gascony in the South-West. Not to be confused with Jurançon AOC in Béarn (Gros Manseng, Petit Manseng, Courbu). Indigenous French variety of the South-West.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Barbera from Winery Massena are 2006, 0, 2012
Informations about the Winery Massena
The Winery Massena is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Barossa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Barossa Valley
World icon of Australian Shiraz: powerful, silky, sun-drenched king red with notes of jammy blackberry, plum, dark chocolate, liquorice and a touch of sweet spice, enveloping tannins — Penfolds Grange and Henschke Hill of Grace as mythical bottles. Fleshy, spicy old-vine Grenache (up to 180 years), dense Mourvèdre, structured Cabernet as complement. GI northeast of Adelaide (~11,600 ha), hot dry climate, pre-phylloxera vines founded by Silesians in the 19th c.
The wine region of Australie du Sud
Cradle of the great Australian Shiraz: powerful, sun-drenched reds with notes of blackberry, candied plum, pepper, chocolate and eucalyptus, ample tannins and vibrant fruit (Barossa, McLaren Vale). Firm, minty Cabernet Sauvignon on Coonawarra (terra rossa). Dry, lemony Riesling from Clare and Eden Valley, straight and taut. Fresh Sauvignon and Chardonnay from Adelaide Hills.
The word of the wine: Decanting
Decanting, an operation performed by a sommelier with a decanter to separate the clear wine from the solid parts in a bottle.
