About this wine
Giuseppe Rinaldi Barbera d’Alba is a red wine from Piedmont. The 2024 vintage is 100% Barbera, from vines averaging 30 years of age and rooted in soils of marl, limestone and sand. The vineyards are cultivated without synthetic inputs.
Vinification
For the 2024 vintage, the grapes were destemmed, fermented with indigenous yeasts and macerated for two to three weeks. The wine received a light addition of sulfur dioxide and was bottled without fining or filtration.
Ageing
The 2024 matured for six to seven months in large Slavonian oak botti. By comparison, the 2011 spent approximately one year in old, tall wooden casks, indicating that maturation time has varied between vintages.
Tasting profile
The 2011 was deep crimson, with pure bitter cherry, elderberry, vivid acidity and a suggestion of spritz, without perceptible oak character. Its alcohol was 14.5%.
The 2016, at 14% alcohol, combined black-cherry coulis, black plum, cassis and bright red and black berries with smoke, tar, sweet tobacco, spice and a saline, oyster-shell nuance. Ripe fruit and rounded texture were balanced by energetic acidity, mineral grip and piquant tannins. The wine showed substantial depth and harmonious structure; its recommended drinking window ran from December 2017 to 2028 and beyond.
