The Pico Maccario winery, run by the Pico and Vitaliano brothers, was founded in 1997 in Mombaruzzo on a 70-hectare estate with a single body in the heart of the Barbera d’Asti Aocg. The rose has always been the symbol of the company: 4500 single-clone rose plants make the walk among the rows a unique experience.
WINE DESCRIPTION
Grape types
Barbera.
Winemaking
After a delicate crushing, the maturation lasts about 10-12 days.
Maturation
It is carried out in small French durmast barrels for 12-14 months.
Features
Intense ruby red; the scent is complex with noted of fruits, vanilla and a slightly woody; the taste is balanced between acidity and tannic.
Pairings
Game, braised and stewed meats.
Service temperature
16-18 °C
(61° F-65 °F)
About… Barbera.
Barbera is among the most representative vines of Piedmont and covers about 30% of the 43,000 hectares of vineyard area of the region. Originally from Monferrato, the vine is cultivated mainly in the provinces of Asti and Alessandria, where it reaches its maximum expression in Barbera d’Asti, a wine that obtained the Aoc in 1970 and the Aocg in 2008. Barbera d’Asti is a wine linked to the ancient rural traditions that today represents a product in continuous evolution, which grows following the new knowledge in the vinicultural and oenological field.
