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Renato Ratti Barbera D’Asti

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Bottle Size: 750mL

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Renato Ratti Barbera D’Asti

Barbera is the hardy staple grape of the famous Piedmont region in Northern Italy. The grape accounts for around 55% of the wine produced in that region.

Barbera typically a deep ruby color with low tannin and bracing high acidity. Barbera has a relatively long hang time on the vine and that imparts a lot of rich, dense flavors to the wine.

As Barbara is well known for its acidity you should try to pair it with rich, fatty foods and dark meats.

Winery:   Renato Ratti –  http://www.renatoratti.com/pagine/eng/wines/barbera-d-asti-docg.php
Wine Style: Italian Barbera
Grapes: Barbera
Country / Region / Sub-Region:  Italy / Piedmont  / Barbera d’Asti
Alcohol: 14.0%
Rating (Vivino): 4.0/5
Bottle Size: 750mL

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Labeled by the CorkQueen as “Little toy soldier”, this Italian Barbera is a great representation of the Piedmont area. It has a fine balance between acidity and tannin with good aging potential. It’s hard to find good Italian wine at such a great price!

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HISTORY

The pedigree of origin of a determined sub-zone and the delimitation of its area, the classification of the characteristics pertaining to the various vintages, and the process of bottle refinement to both propitiate and maintain distinction, smoothness, elegance, and longevity, are three crucial moments to be lived in the first person, concepts that I consider both as to matters of substance and style.

Renato Ratti, 1971

Quality, research, passion, respect for our history and our land with a window ever open on the future, are the underlying principles of our philosophy and the expression of our wines.

Pietro Ratti, 2003

1934

Renato Ratti is born. After studying enology in Alba he “emigrates” to Brazil where he is put in charge of the production of Vermouths and sparkling wines for Cinzano of Sao Paolo. The experiences gained operating in such a vast, and challenging country as Brazil will prove fundamental in the development of an innovative outlook, one that will characterize his later work back in the hills of Piedmont’s Langhe region.

1965
Renato Ratti returns to Piedmont and buys his first vineyard for the production of Barolo: a small plot in the historical zone of Marcenasco, right below the Abbey of L’Annunziata (Our Lady of the Annunciation) at La Morra. In the ancient (14th Century) Abbey, he creates his first single-vineyard (cru) Marcenasco Barolo.

1969
His nephew Massimo Martinelli, he too an enologist, joins the company, and together, they perfect a technique of vinification, maturation, and refinement for their Marcenasco Barolo, with the declared aim of obtaining the elegance, subtlety, and longevity worthy of the variety’s full potential. They shorten the periods of fermentation and maceration and also reduce the oak barrel aging to two years. In time, their completely innovative process of in-bottle refinement becomes of primary importance in the evolution of all Marcenasco Barolos. In the Seventies, the company develops additional Marcenasco vineyards as well as new Conca and Rocche crus in and around the township of La Morra. Meanwhile, they renew and restore the Colombè vineyards at Mango and those of the family estate of Villa Pattono at Costigliole d’Asti. They also transform the old Abbey of the “Annunziata” into the “Ratti Wines of Alba Museum,” an important destination for a great many visitors keen on deepening their knowledge of Barolo and the many other great wines of the Langhe region.

1980
Between the middle of the Seventies and the end of the Eighties, Renato Ratti becomes an important point of reference for Langhe wines and Italian wines in general. He is elected president of the Barolo Consortium and subsequently General Director of the Asti Consortium. He directly participates in the drafting of the rules and regulations governing the appellations of Alba wines and is particularly active in those regarding the coveted “DOCG” (guaranteed) label. He writes numerous books about the wines of Piedmont and Italy. For the Ratti Museum, he produces, a guide to the Barolo vintages as well as one to the historical Barolo and Barbaresco sub-zones, the result of a painstaking field research effort throughout the myriad of relevant territories. Topnotch enologist, writer, historian, communicator, Renato Ratti becomes one of the prime movers of the cultural and technical revolution that eventually brings the wines of Piedmont and Italy into the international limelight.

1988
After Renato Ratti’s untimely death, his son Pietro, a fresh graduate of Alba’s renowned Enological School takes charge of the company. In the ’90’s he carries on the work of expansion and restoration of the family vineyards and furthers the ongoing research of the various unique sub zonal varieties.

2002
Construction of the new Annunziata cellars begins, cellars structured in a manner to guarantee the continuation of that mission of vinification and refinement started by Renato Ratti in 1965, that of maintaining with single-minded purpose the utmost respect for the grapes and vineyards of origin.

Tasting

Intense, ruby red.

Bouquet of ripe fruit with an undercurrent of spices.
Full flavor with long persistence.

Pairing

Best paired with:

  • It’s a classic Barbera d’Asti with a balance between acidity, tannin, and persistent aromas, with good aging potential. A wine suited for important first courses and red meats.
  • Pasta
  • Veal
  • Pork
  • Game (deer, venison)
  • Poultry

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