Barbera d' Alba

This Barbera has an intense ruby colour with garnet reflections. The bouquet is distinguished and vital, with fresh, ripe fruit. The palate is clear and definite, with long and pleasant finish. IThe grapes come from selected vineyards in the villages of Monforte and Castiglione Falletto and from grapes in Pio Cesare own vineyards in the villages of Serralunga and Treiso. The grapes undergo very careful selection to eliminate all imperfections (6 x 75 cl)

A long-lived, very rich Barbera, typical of Alba; deep fruit and very soft acidity, complex, rich and spicy. Fermented in stainless steel vats at controlled temperature, skin contacts for 15 days; 25% aged in French oak barrels. (12 x 75 cl)

Pio Cesare Barbera d'Alba DOC Piedmont from Italy, Piemonte, Alba by Pio Cesare (12 x 75 cl)

This Barbera has an intense ruby colour with garnet reflections. The bouquet is distinguished and vital, with fresh, ripe fruit. The palate is clear and definite, with long and pleasant finish. IThe grapes come from selected vineyards in the villages of Monforte and Castiglione Falletto and from grapes in Pio Cesare own vineyards in the villages of Serralunga and Treiso. The grapes undergo very careful selection to eliminate all imperfections (6 x 1.5 Litres)

This wine has a sweetness and longevity of tannins. The colour is wonderful, typical of the barbera varietal. The palate is surprisingly supple, round and soft, with good acidity. This wine has great ageing potential. Available in 1.5 Litre Magnum bottles. (6 x 1.5 Litres)

This wine has a sweetness and longevity of tannins. The colour is wonderful, typical of the barbera varietal. The palate is surprisingly supple, round and soft, with good acidity. This wine has great ageing potential (6 x 75 cl)

Organoleptic characteristics: colour: intense garnet red. Bouquet: wide, ethereal, greatly refined, with delicate hues of wild violets and roses and memory of blackberry and vanilla. Taste: dry, flavorous, smooth and soft, live strength, wide stuff, well expressed with young emotions. Grapes original area: The grapes from which we produce our Nebbiolo d'Alba come from Nebbiolo vineyards located in a geographic area stretching on the right bank of Tanaro river, typical area producing the Nebbiolo grapes for Barolo and Barbaresco. The grapes coming from these areas have got organoleptic characteristics very similar to the ones of the grapes to be trasformed into Barolo and Barbaresco. Method of selection and vintage: The selection of grapes is as important and fundamental for Nebbiolo as it is for Barolo and Barbaresco. Vintage time is just a few days before the one of Barolo and Barbaresco. Wine processing: The soft pressing of the grapes is followed by fermentation at checked temperature with the must in contact with the peels for 12-13 days. Description: It's a wine with a peculiar personality and an original location; being soft, elegant refined, in comparison with the more demanding Barolo and Barbaresco, it seems more easily approachable, even if it never gives up a smart class and an harmonious structure. Our Nebbiolo d'Alba is the ideal solution for those moments and occasion when you ask a wine for something less than the important presence of a great matured wine. It is approachable, but not easy, complex, but not too important, therefore it is a wine for a superior consumption, showing characteristics of elegant structure and being softly drinkable (6 x 75 cl)

Luciano Sandrone Barbera d' Alba Piemonte from Italy, Piemonte, Alba by Az.Ag.Luciano Sandrone Vezza di Alba (6 x 75 cl)

The colour is wonderful, typical of the Barbera varietal. The palate is surprisingly supple, round and soft, with good acidity. This wine has great ageing potential The name Fides means trust in Latin, and Pio Cesare Family has always had great trust in Barbera grown in the Barolo region. This Trust was reinforced in 1991 when we bought a new small estate in Serralunga d'Alba, close to our Ornato vineyard. This new estate has a perfect location, facing south and it could have been a great Barolo vineyard. Instead, we removed the Nebbiolo vines and replaced with Barbera, being convinced of the quality that we could obtain from such a great property. The perfect exposure, the microclimate of the area, and the peculiar selection of the vines, allows us to produce grapes extremely rich and concentrated. Temperature controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks, with skin contact for about 10 days to extract the maximum of colour and fruit. The ageing for twenty months in small barrels of French oak and in casks of 25 hectolitres is contributing to the sweetness and longevity of the tannins. (12 x 75 cl)