Vineyard extension : 1.32.72 ha
Year: 1958
Alcoholic content: 13,8 % Vol.
Grape variety: Barbera 100%
Vinification: Fermentation for nine days with manual stirring of the must and délastage. It is then decanted into stainless steel vats and wooden casks, where malolactic fermentation takes place. After eighteen months of maturation, samples from all the barrels are taken in order to define the blending. The new wine is then decanted, let rest for three months and bottled. After six months in the bottle, it is put to market.
Ageing potential: over 12 years
Best drinking period: from 3 to 7 years after harvest.
Colour:: ruby red: " Barbera Gerbole stands among the important wines. Its colour reveals the fulness and impenetrability of its character" Slow Food - guide "Guida al Vino Quotidiano"
Nose: intense aroma of black cherry and scents of spices
Mouth: rich in marked flavours, soft, velvety and enwrapping.
Serving temperature: 18-20° C
Matching tips: red meat, grilled meat or as a meditation companion.

Recensioni

" Dunkles Rot, verhalten weinige, saubere Nase, klare Frucht, markante, aber angenehme Saure, etwas schlanker, aber feiner Wein" RATED:****/*****(sehr guter Vertreter seiner Jahrgangs)
Supp Eckard - GERMANY "ENO-VERLAG" "World Wine New"

Jorgen Aldirich, giornalista della testata enologica danese "VINAVISEN", segnala in seconda posizione (De naestbedste) il nostro Barbera d'Alba Gerbole 2000, confermandolo tra i migliori Barbera d'Alba della manifestazione Barbera meeting 2002.

Luigi Veronelli - Nella sua GUIDA ORO 2004 , segnala il nostro Barbera Gerbole 2000 con un punteggio di 87/100 (due stelle).

Premio - DOUJA D'OR - Concorso enologico nazionale 2002.

Premio - CITTA' DI ACQUI TERME 2003- XXIII° selezione vini del Piemonte .

Azienda Agricola BUGANZA RENATO vini tipici delle Langhe e del Roero - Piemonte - Italia
Cascina Garbianotto, 4 - 12040 Piobesi d'Alba (CN)- tel/fax +39-0173-619370 - rbuganz@tin.it