Mauro Molino Barbera d'Alba

Tasting Notes: Deep violet red colour, fine and fruity bouquet with scents of ripe red berries and minerals. A fresh wine, mellow and persistent.

Ageing/Vinification:  Short maceration in contact with the grape skins, alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in steel tanks

Vineyard:  Mauro Molino manages approximately 12 hectares of vineyards, 50% dedicated to Nebbiolo for Barolo, and the rest mostly Barbera, and Dolcetto. This estate practices sustainable viticulture. Vineyards are on calcareous/clayey soil. Integrated insect and disease control is followed. Control treatments are carried out only when strictly necessary (an expert consults for the estate). Sulfur- and copper-based products are mainly used. A minimum number of insect-control treatments are applied and only with low-environmental-impact products. Natural cover crops (grass cover) are left in the rows between the vines. In autumn the soil on every other row between the vines is tilled. Only organic fertilizers are used. Very low doses of SO2 are added to the wines (the minimum to prevent oxidation).

Visit the winery's website to learn more: http://www.mauromolino.com