San Fereolo Austri Langhe Rosso 2013
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| Management number | 253563195 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$16.40 | Model Number | 253563195 | ||
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San Fereolo's 'Austri' is a Langhe Rosso DOC blending 95% Barbera with 5% Nebbiolo, sourced from the Austri vineyard in the Valdiberti subzone of Dogliani, Piedmont. The vineyard sits at roughly 1,300 feet elevation on ancient limestone soils. Nicoletta Bocca farms all parcels under Demeter-certified biodynamic management, using no synthetic inputs and only copper and sulfur in very small quantities.
After total destemming, the wine ferments spontaneously in large wooden vats with a 15-20 day maceration and no temperature control unless the must approaches 33°C, at which point it is briefly racked to tank to cool before returning to wood. It then ages for three years in large Slavonian oak botti (ranging from 7 to 40 hectoliters), followed by at least three to four additional years in bottle before release — meaning this 2013 did not reach market until approximately 2021.
The result is a wine with tertiary depth layered over still-present dark fruit. Sappy black cherry, cassis, roasted plum, and wild black raspberry sit alongside leather, mountain herbs, espresso, cedar, and tobacco. The palate is medium-plus in body with extremely fine tannins and a persistent streak of acidity anchoring a mineral core of crushed black stone and fired clay. The Nebbiolo component adds structural lift to Barbera's natural fruit density.
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