NIZZA DOCG RISERVA RdF

RdF, the highest interpretation of the Barbera variety by Coppo since 1998.

Appellation:
Nizza Docg Riserva

First vintage produced:
1998

Grape variety:
Barbera

Production area:
Castelnuovo Calcea

Exposure:
south – south west

Soil composition:
calcareous clay marl with prevalence of silt

Vineyard altitude:
650 ft a.s.l.

Training system:
Guyot

Harvest:
selection in vineyard of the healthiest, ripest grapes hand collected in 40 lb picking baskets

Vinification system:
maceration with skin contact with short and soft pumping over the skin cap

Malo-lattic:
totally carried out

Aging:
20 months in french oak barrels

Color:
intense ruby red

Nose:
deep and penetrating with ripe red fruit hints of plum and berries enveloped in an ethereal bouquet

Taste:
warm, enveloping and full bodied extremely long-lasting, persistence, in great harmony with the perfume.

Pairings:
wild game meat, meat sauce ravioli, cardoon flan with fonduta

Serving temperature:
14°/16°

Sizes:
0,750 l. – 1,5 l