Barbicaia - Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG

Origin Tuscany, Italy

Vineyard Barbicaia

Grape 100% Sangiovese

Vintage / Alcohol content 2020 / 14%

Information & Character The grapes selected to produce Nobile di Montepulciano come from the highest parts of the vineyard, where the aspect and microclimate give great concentration and health. A rich and structured wine, suitable for long aging, with intense aromas that faithfully express its Tuscan origin. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, maceration duration 15-20 days and stainless steel fermentation tanks. Fermentation temperature 20 °C and fermentation duration 15-20 days, aging duration 18-20 months in barrel and at least 6 months in bottle. White lilies, vanilla cream, sweet berries, cedar. Dry with firm tannins (give it some time to open up) with berries, coffee, cream and slate minerality.

Production 15-20 days of fermentation and skin maceration at 20 degrees in stainless steel tanks.

Soil Limestone, schist, clay and volcanic soil.

Goes with Perfect with beef and pork as well as aged cheese.

About the Producer

Marco Barbi has always lived on this farm. The history of the vineyard is based on a family tradition. Under the guidance of his father, as was the custom in the 60s, wine was made for the house, and the remaining part of the grapes, produced on 2.5 hectares of the property, was sold. Later he decided to leave and do something else. He studied design and started designing furniture for a local industry. But the bond with my land was visceral and at the end of the 90s I felt the strong calling. The vineyard needed replanting and I returned to it and began a profound modernization of the production.