Ellena Giuseppe Barbera d’Alba 2020 750ml

The Barbera hails from a single vineyard, aptly named ‘Paradiso’, situated at 650 feet in elevation, located in the La Morra area of Piedmont. Whereas many Barberas will get hammered with oak, often time in new oak, Matteo is wanting to show the freshness and varietal character of Barbera though the use of a majority stainless steel. The grapes are picked at optimum ripeness and entirely destemmed. The juice sits on skins for a week and fermentation occurred with wild yeasts. After a gentle pressing it is transferred back to tank for malolactic fermentation to occur naturally. 20% of the wine then racked into 2nd passage barriques with the remainder staying in tank. After 12 months the lots are blended together and bottled without fining or filtration.