2019 Cascina Corte 'Amphorae' Barbera

Place: Langhe - Piedmont, Italy

Variety: Barbera

Farming: Organic

Three centuries before Alessandro Barosi and Amalia Battaglia began restoring Cascina Corte, Ignazio Corte—the aristocrat after whom the homestead is named—began the same process. It wasn’t, however, until after the second world war that vines were planted here.

Barbera from 20-year-old vines on clay-limestone soils. It is fermented in amphora then raised in the same vessel for eleven months. A contradiction of texture defines this unique wine: it is both airy yet dense in the mouth, a quality imparted by fermentation and ageing in amphora.