Pico Maccario Tre Roveri
Wine Description
Pico Maccario is a Barbera specialist located in the town of Mombaruzzo in the heart of Piedmont’s Barbera d’Asti DOCG. Brothers Pico and Vitaliano created the Pico Maccario brand in 1997 following four generations of selling the family grapes to other producers. Purity and balance is the goal of every Pico Maccario wine.The town of Mombaruzzo is located about an hour’s drive southeast of Asti itself and is home to the Pico Maccario winery. Here, brothers Pico and Vitaliano Maccario own 70 contiguous hectares, a rarity in the region. 60 of the 70 hectares are dedicated to Barbera. Tre Roveri takes its name from three old oak trees found on the property and is a selection from some of the oldest vines on the estate.
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Vineyard & Production Info
Vineyard name
Pico Maccario Vineyard
Vineyard size
138 acres
Soil composition
Pleistocene hills formed from fluvial and river lacustrine deposit.
Training method
Guyot
Elevation:
666 feet
Vines/acre:
1777.6
Yield/acre:
3.6 tons
Exposure:
Northwestern
Year vineyard planted:
1997
Harvest time:
between September and November
First vintage of this wine:
1999
Bottles produced of this wine:
50,000
Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
14 days until the exhaustion of sugars
Varietal composition:
100% Barbera
Fermentation container:
Barrels
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
20 days
Fermentation temperature:
77 °F
Maceration technique:
maceration post fermentation at hot temperature (if vintages make it possible)
Malolactic fermentation:
Yes
Type of aging container:
Barrels
Size of aging container:
500
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
12 months
Age of Aging Container:
Three years
Length of bottle aging:
1 year
Analytical Data
pH level:
3.7
Acidity:
6 g/L
Alcohol:
14 %
Dry extract:
27.7 g/L
Residual sugar:
2 g/L
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