Wine "La Court", Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOC, 2007
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Barbera: 100%
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Tasting Notes
Wine red and purple.
Taste wine elegant, rich, well-balanced, with a velvety texture, notes of cherry, cedar and chocolate, rounded tannins and a fruity finish.
The aroma of wine is filled with jam tones of ripe black plum and wild cherry, hints of violets, spices and new oak barrels.
The wine goes well with red meat, roast, game, dishes with truffles.
Interesting Facts
"La Court" - a delicious red wine, one of the best examples of Barbera d'Asti, has a rich, harmonious taste and charming, complex aroma big personality. Wine "La Court" has won many awards at prestigious international competitions and is recognized as one of the leading Italian red wines. "This is an amazing discovery, expressive Barbera from Chiarlo, which is striking in its elegance and smoothness" - Antonio Galloni, "Wine Advocate", December 2010 year.
Vineyard "Aluffi", which is grown Barbera for "La Court", is located in Castelnuovo Kalchea. After fermentation, the wine is aged in half of the 65 gektolitrovyh French oak barrels, half - in barriques for 12 months then bottled and further aged in bottles for 18 months. "La Court" reaches its peak in 3-4 years after production, wine storage capacity is 10-12 years.
The family Kyarlo wine - a family business, today represented by Michele Kyarlo continues its fifth generation. Michele studied not only in the older generations, he graduated enologist. In 1956 Michele Chiaro founded the Wine House and starts to expand the family territory. Its vineyards occupy 110 hectares - of the land owned, part of the long-term lease. Michele not only preserves the traditions of winemaking, but also develops and introduces methods. He has developed a unique system of sterile bottling changed method of storing wine. In the vineyards Kyarlo practiced very careful attitude to the vines, hand picking the grapes, use only organic fertilizers. All this gives an excellent result - the world-famous wines and consistently high ratings specialists.