Castello di Montegrosso

$24.00750ml

While quite fond of mushrooms, Barbera is also enamored with tomatoes and roasted things.

Patiently stir a porcini risotto,

toss some lentils with sweet pork sausage

or grab a Taleggio and crimini pizza.

Eyes:

Pale Ruby

Nose:

Medium Intensity, developing, cooking spices, red fruits, violets

Mouth:

Medium Bodied, dry, medium-high acidity, average tannin, moderate intensity, medium finish, cranberry, black cherry, earthy

The Motta family, winemakers in Asti for over 200 years, produce and bottle some wonderfully unique wines. Utilizing decades old, giant barrels, long, long bottle age and less-than-famous local grapes (Balsamina, Vespolina), everything they turn out is distinctively old-school Piemonte. For their Barbera d'Asti, it's an elongated skin maceration before fermentation, then a year in used 500L barrels.