An elegant and powerful red wine, made from Barbera grapes handled and vinified by Manzone Giovanni, in Langhe land.
“La Marchesa” is an historical farmhouse that used to belong to the Marchesa Scarampi: it is located in the heart of the Gramolere mga and has belonged to the Manzone family since 1999.
The exposure is north-east; the soil is calcareous and sandy, with layers of red clay.
The steep slope of the hill only allows manual processing.
The manual harvest is made in early/mid october to ensure the perfect ripening of the grapes.
The natural fermentation with the skins lasts about 20 days with soft pumping over to guarantee a delicate polyphenolic extraction.
After ageing about two years in tonneaux, the wine is bottled during waning moon.
Barbera Superiore La Marchesa is produced only in prestigious vintages and the small production of a few thousand bottles is sold about 3 years after the harvest.