• Italy
• Piemonte
• Barbera D'Asti

Literally campo del rosso, or "the redhead's field" (in Piedmontese, "camp" means vineyard and "du rouss" means red hair), this wine takes its name from the vineyard’s very first owner: a red-headed man who was so burly he frightened the children.
APPELLATION: Barbera d’Asti d.o.c.g.
FIRST VINTAGE PRODUCED: 1985
GRAPE VARIETY: Barbera
PRODUCTION AREA: south of Asti
EXPOSURE: south - south west
SOIL COMPOSITION: calcareous clay marl
with prevalence of silt
VINEYARD ALTITUDE: 650-820 ft a.s.l.
TRAINING SYSTEM: Guyot
VINEYARD DENSITY: 4.000 - 5.000 plants per hectare
HARVESTING PERIOD: September 2013
HARVEST: selection in vineyards of the healthiest, ripest
grapes hand collected in 40 lb picking baskets
VINIFICATION SYSTEM: maceration with skin contact
with short and soft pumping over the skin cap
MALO-LATTIC: totally carried out
AGING: 12 months in french oak barrels (80% of second
and third year, 20% new)
ALCOHOL: 14,30 % vol
TOTAL ACIDITY: 5,73 g/l
pH: 3,62
COLOR: dark ruby red
NOSE: intense spice and ripe red fruits scents
TASTE: fine, well structured and long-lasting
PAIRINGS :pasta with beans, risotto with porcini
mushrooms, chicken chasseur
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 16/ 18 degrees
SIZES: 0,375 l - 0,750 l - 1,5 l - 3 l