Bonora

A historic wine, a gem of the Roero

A rich, powerful and fresh wine: this is the Bonora Barbera d’Alba Superiore

In the past, Azienda Agricola Filippo Gallino gave the name Bonora to the historic Roero vineyard from which this complex wine takes shape. Bonora Barbera d’Alba Superiore requires patience, meticulousness and finally a lot of rest. In fact, after bottling the wine rests for a long time before being put on the market.

GRAPE VARIETY: Barbera d’Alba

PRODUCTION AREA: Roero, municipality of Canale

SOIL: Sandy calcareous, clayey red

HARVEST: End of Semptember, exclusively by hand

CULTIVATION: Traditional Guyot with 8/9 fruits per plant

YIELD PER HECTARE: 60 QT

VINIFICATION: Crushing and destemming of the grapes, maceration 15 days with manual pumping over, vinified and refined in steel tanks

MATURATION: 24 months between barriques and tonneaux, assemblend in steel. Followed by a long period of rest in the bottle

COLOUR: Ruby red, with violet reflections, deeply intense

BOUQUET: Blackcurrant, berries, jam, plum, vanilla, spiace, leather

TASTE: Warm, intense, long, powerful, rich and sapid, sensations of jam, cocoa, vanilla, persistent finish and finely tannic

PAIRINGS: Tasty first courses, red meats and game, aged cheeses

SERVING TEMPERATURE: Room temperature

FIRST BOTTLING: 2008