2018 | Vigneti Massa Barbera "Monleale" | Piedmont | Italy Champagne Francis Orban and iron-rich earth

and iron-rich earth

For long aging

The best wine from this château in many years

toffee and a trace of strawberry

are fermented separately and blended after a few months of aging on the lees

2018 | Vigneti Massa Barbera "Monleale" | Piedmont | Italy Champagne Francis Orban and iron-rich earthWalter Massa's benchmark Barbera the man who saved Timorasso, working his home turf in Colli Tortonesi. Walter Massa is one of Piedmont's cult figures, the vigneron who single handedly revived the Timorasso grape and put the Colli Tortonesi on the map. "Monleale" is his benchmark Barbera, named for his home village 100% Barbera from a cool, late ripening site, given real levage to make a serious, age worthy red rather than a simple quaffer. Barbera