Barbera D'Asti
⏳ Drinking Window
2026 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Agnolotti del plin with roast meat jus, grilled Italian fennel sausages, aged Castelmagno cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Cultivated on calcareously dominated sedimentary clay-marl slopes typical of Monferrato, this Barbera d'Asti undergoes temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel to retain vibrant primary fruit expression. Post-fermentation, the wine completes malolactic conversion, followed by maturation primarily in stainless steel vats with potential brief resting in neutral large oak casks to enhance texture without masking the variety's brisk natural acid profile.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1820 when Giuseppe Sarotto settled in Neviglie, Azienda Agricola Roberto Sarotto represents generations of viticultural dedication across Piedmont's Langhe, Roero, and Monferrato hills. Following revitalization by enologist Roberto Sarotto and his wife Aurora in the 1980s and 1990s, the estate expanded to encompass prime vineyard parcels throughout Barolo, Barbaresco, Neive, and Gavi. The diverse terroir combines calcareous marls, sandstone, and clay across sun-exposed slopes, tempered by sub-Alpine breezes that promote optimal phenolic development. Viticulture prioritizes sustainability and non-invasive canopy and soil stewardship to support indigenous biodiversity. Winemaking harmonizes regional heritage with modern technical rigor, employing temperature-controlled stainless steel fermentation followed by maturation in French oak barriques and large Slavonian oak casks—including their record-holding giant cask, Ai Fondatori. Renowned benchmark bottlings include their expressive Barolo Audace, single-cru Barolo Bergera-Pezzole, Barbaresco Gaia Principe, and the structured Langhe Rosso Enrico I°.
🍇 Grapes
Barbera
🍷 ABV
13.5%