A brilliant ruby-red wine with an intense yet airy, vinous bouquet and a medium-bodied, bone-dry robustness that is exceptionally pleasant on the palate. The best vintages, with age, tend to garnet in color, and show a velvety, harmonious quality of considerable elegance.

Wine maker notes

Michele Chiarlo selects his Barbera d'Asti from thebest of these vineyards planted in older vines and harvested at peak maturity. Vinified at the Chiarlo cellars in Calamandrana, the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation and is then aged a least one year in oak.

Technical notes

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Barbera MAXIMUM YIELD: 90 quintals per hectare, corresponding to 63 hl/ha (approximately 280 cases/acre) MINIMUM ALCOHOL: Barbera d'Asti D.O.C. Barbera d'Asti Superiore D.O.C. 12.5% 12% TOTAL ACIDITY: 6% - 8%