Marchesi di Barolo Barbera d'Alba Peiragal

Marchesi di Barolo Barbera d'Alba Peiragal

Marchesi di Barolo Barbera d'Alba Peiragal is a warm, robust, full and pleasant wine. This red wine has a ruby, almost purple color. In the scent of this wine you can recognize berries, currants, roasted hazelnut and vanilla.

The grapes are picked by hand and brought to the cellars as soon as possible where they are pressed. Fermentation takes place at a controlled temperature in thermo-conditioned tanks. Maceration lasts 9 days at a temperature of 28 degrees, followed by fermentation. Once this is complete, the wine is transferred to cement barrels lined with fiberglass and insulated by cork to maintain the secondary fermentation temperature of 20 degrees for a longer period of time. In this way, the malolactic fermentation starts spontaneously. The ten-month aging in small, lightly toasted French oak barrels ensures that the wine has a perfect balance between tannins, acidity and alcohol. The oak gives a soft touch of wood to the wine in addition to the other aromas and flavors. No predominant taste, instead they all merge into one unique, pleasant taste. Maturation takes place 2 years after harvest and reaches its peak condition between 2 and 5 years old.

Peiragal is a hill located in the Barolo area. Peiragal is an old word in dialect meaning gently sloping hills composed of very compact argillaceous limestone and large stones. This type of soil limits the amount of rainwater that is absorbed, causing the roots to grow deep in search of moisture, which then rises from the lower layers by capillary action. As a result, the vine produces loosely packed bunches of berries and as a result a wine with a high structure, moderate acidity and a balanced alcohol content with subdued, delicate tannins.

Wine - Food pairing

Barbera Peiragal, it’s perfect for every occasion. It goes well with typical appetizers of Langhe, veal with tuna sauce and vegetable flan, pasta with rich sauces and meat boiled or roasted, but also extremely elates the traditional soups. It well combines with moderately mature cheeses.