La Spinetta Barbera d'Asti Superiore Ca' di Pian DOCG

Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG, Italy

Giorgio Rivetti's La Spinetta Ca' di Pian Barbera bridges the variety's natural exuberance with elegant oak treatment: vivid ruby with aromas of black cherry, violet, tobacco, and cedar spice from 12 months in French oak. The palate is generous and rounded with Barbera's characteristic bright acidity carrying a long, savoury finish of dark fruit and mineral depth.

Pairing intelligence

• casual: Barbera's bright acidity and cherry fruit are calibrated for tomato-based preparations — the classic Italian table wine performing its essential cultural function
• starter: Piedmont's most loved summer antipasto requires Barbera's acidity to bridge the salt-fat-umami of the tuna-mayonnaise with the veal's delicacy