Winery Tenuta San MauroBarbaresco Canova Riserva
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The Barbaresco Canova Riserva of the Winery Tenuta San Mauro is in the top 0 of wines of Barbaresco.
Details and technical informations about Winery Tenuta San Mauro's Barbaresco Canova Riserva.
Discover the grape variety: Courbu noir
Light and fruity reds with a clear ruby robe, smooth tannins and a supple palate, with simple and delicate aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry) and floral notes. A rare airy profile today. Preserved for its heritage value, it survives in a few heritage parcels in Béarn among the old South-West varieties studied. The black variant of Courbu, a French native grape from Béarn and the Basque Country.
Informations about the Winery Tenuta San Mauro
The Winery Tenuta San Mauro is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Barbaresco to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Barbaresco
Big sister of Barolo on the hills east of Alba. Pure Nebbiolo (100%) as red: garnet robe turning brick-orange, signature nose of rose, violet, cherry, raspberry, truffle, leather and tar, silky palate with firm but more elegant tannins, accessible younger than Barolo. Minimum 26 months' ageing (50 for Riserva), of which 9 in wood. Ages 10-25 years.
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: Premier cru
In Burgundy, third level of classification (above the regional and communal appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited parcels (climats) whose name is added to the communal appellation. The climats classified as first growths are 635.
