Rataraura, 2015

• Appellation: Barbera del Monferrato Superiore docg
• Region: Piedmont
• Country: Italy

• Colour: Red
• Grape Varieties: Barbera

• Soil type: Clay, Limestone
• Vessel type: Clay Pot - Amphora

• Unfined.
• Unfiltered.
• Low sulphite.

Notes on additives, aids & processing used:

• No temperature control.
• Organic/Biodynamic/Equivalent
• Total Sulphites: 5 mg/L
• This wine is fermented spontaneously.
• Other Information:Rataraura is a Barbera del Monferrato Superiore docg from barbera grapes hand-picked in Gaggero and Vicario vineyards – plantation year between 1970 and 2000 – with 40-60 q. per ha yield. It is vinified in terracotta amphorae, with spontaneous fermentation (native yeasts only) and extended (2-4 weeks) maceration. Aging is done for 20 months at least mostly in terracotta amphorae. In the local dialect of 19th century, Rataraura means "bat".