What: From the winery's historic Cru
Why: For its broad, enveloping and complex bouquet
Perfect with: Risottos and pasta with meat sauce. Matured cheeses and Piedmontese tome cheese
What: From the winery's historic Cru
Why: For its broad, enveloping and complex bouquet
Perfect with: Risottos and pasta with meat sauce. Matured cheeses and Piedmontese tome cheese
Italy
BERSANO VINI SRL, P.ZZA DANTE 21, 14049, NIZZA MONFERRATO (AT)
This wine comes from a single cru. A historic Bersano vineyard in the heart of the Monferrato Astigiano, amidst sun-kissed hills and lush vegetation. We are talking about Generala, Nizza DOCG, 100% Barbera. A native Piedmont grape, Barbera is known for its strong personality and good ageing potential. Bersano harvests the best bunches between the first and second ten days of October. Vinification takes place in steel at a controlled temperature. The grapes are left to macerate with the skins for a variable period, during which time alcoholic fermentation also takes place. Repeated pumping over and controlled oxygenation favour homogenous maceration and improved aromatic complexity. At the end of alcoholic fermentation, the wine is left to rest in contact with the fine lees to facilitate the start of malolactic fermentation, necessary to give Generala the right softness and pleasantness. A minimum ageing period of 12 months in wood follows, of which 80% in tonneaux and 20% in oak barrels. The wood gives the wine spicy, toasted and vanilla notes, which perfectly complement the fruity and balsamic aromas of the vine. A further refinement of 12 months in the bottle finally allows the wine to harmonise and reach its full expression. Intense ruby red colour with violet hues, the nose reveals a broad, enveloping and complex bouquet, with hints of vanilla, cocoa, undergrowth, liquorice and ripe cherries. In the mouth, the structure is rich and velvety, with a full body and exceptional persistence. A wine for great occasions, it is perfect with elaborate first courses, such as risottos or pasta with meat sauce. Also excellent with mature cheeses and Piedmontese tome.
More than a century has passed since the Bersano company was founded. The precise date is 1907, as proudly recalled on the home page of the company website. We are in Nizza Monferrato, the heart of the Barbera d'Asti district. The real turning point, however, came only a few years later, in 1935, when Arturo Bersano, a rare man in terms of intelligence and culture, a lawyer by family pride and a vine grower by passion, took control of the Cantina, which until then had been a family-run business and only sold its wines regionally. His work was inspired by the motto 'if you want to drink well, buy a vineyard'. A philosophy that, like a true pioneer, he would follow for the rest of his life. So over time, Bersano and, after him, the Massimelli and Soave families, owners of the Casa Vinicola, consolidated an impressive farmstead. Here, without forgetting the strength of tradition, quality grapes are still produced from which typical wines of the region are made. Particular attention has always been paid to the wood for ageing, the company's true asset. Cantine Bersano, in fact, keep large oak casks and tonneaux where, thanks to the constant temperature and humidity, the wines mature slowly for years. Today, Bersano is considered one of the most important wineries in Piedmont.
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