Barbaresco DOCG
Barbaresco DOCG
Barbaresco je jedno z "velkých" vín Itálie a je vyrobené z odrùdy Nebbiolo, která se pìstuje v okolí obcí Barbaresco, Treiso a Neive poblí mìsta Alba ve vinaøské oblasti Piemont.
Barbaresco je blízký pøíbuzný slavného vína Barolo, avak na rozdíl od nìj je pøístupnìjí ke konzumaci mnohem døíve.
Aèkoliv se jedná o stejnou odrùdu (Nebbiolo) a vzdálenost mezi oblastmi je pøiblinì 16 kilometrù, Barbaresco a Barolo jsou vína velmi odliná. Zóna Barbaresco, která se nachází jinì od øeky Tanaro, se tìí mírnìjímu moøskému vlivu, který umoòuje hroznùm Nebbiolo uzrát døíve, ne je tomu v oblasti Barolo. Má oproti Barolu vìtinou mìkèí tøísloviny. Zákony DOCG také povolují jeho uvedení na trh o rok døíve ne naøízeno pro víno Barolo.
Barbaresco DOCG
The origins of this aristocratic wine are lost in legend. Some say that the Gauls originally arrived in Italy precisely because they were attracted by a certain excellent wine called Barbaritium. Others relate that Barbaresco derived its name from the barbarian hoards that caused the fall of the Roman Empire.
It is probably true that, during Roman times, the hill where the village of Barbaresco now stands was intensely wooded and the Ligurian tribes used these forests as a hide-out to elude the deadly Roman cavalry. The Romans called this area barbarica silva, or wild woods because it was situated on the very edge of their domains and was risky territory owing to the barbarian presence.
Professor Domizio Cavazza, the first ever headmaster of the Enological School of Alba was also the first to delineate the properties of this wine during the same period around the second half of the 19th century in which Count Cavour, the Marquess of Falletti and the Savoy Royal Family were all taking an interest in Barolo, the other grand red produced from the Nebbiolo grape.