Barbera d’Alba DOC Vigna Martina

Grape: Barbera

First vintage: 1988

Aspect and height above sea level: south-facing, 380 metres

Soil type: moderately loose-packed, slightlysandy, limestone-based

Vine training system and planting density: Guyot-trained at 4,500 vines per hectare

Average age of productive vines: 35 years

Harvest period and method: last 10 days of September and first 10 days of October, manual harvest.

The vinification procedure for Barbera d’Alba Vigna Martina involves alcoholic fermentation intemperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, with daily pumping over.

After malolactic fermentation, the wine is aged in 50% newfrench barriques and 50% one year old.

The Elio Grasso Estate, located in the municipality of Monforte d’Alba, has 42 hectares of land of which 24 are forests and meadows that surround the 18 hectares of vineyards, within the World Heritage site.