Barbera d'Asti 'Camp du Rouss' Coppo 2023

The Piedmontese red wine “Camp du Rouss” is a Barbera d’Asti with a harmonious character, always fine and balanced, both on the nose and in the mouth, where it finishes with a distinctly fruity aftertaste. A label whose name means “the vineyard with red hair,” which aims to pay homage to the first owner of the plot, a man with reddish hair, of imposing stature, famous for instilling fear in the village children. Today, however, there is nothing to fear in uncorking this Barbera from Coppo, which indeed confirms its excellent levels year after year.

This “Camp du Rouss” is a Barbera d’Asti that comes from the grapes of a variety widely cultivated within the regional borders, the Barbera. The vines of this variety grow with a southeast exposure and are trained using the Guyot system, within soils characterized by a clayey and calcareous subsoil, with a strong presence of silt. The grapes, once harvested during the harvest phase by the Coppo team, macerate in contact with the skins with brief and careful pump-overs, fermenting alcoholic. We then proceed with the aging phase, which takes place for 12 months in barrique of French oak, new for 20% and second passage for the remaining 80%.

The Barbera d’Asti “Camp du Rouss” presents itself to the eye with a typically ruby color, very concentrated. The aromas that envelop the nose tell of sensations that are mainly fruity, enriched with notes of sweet spices. On the palate, it is full-bodied, with excellent balance, resulting from a sip in which the tannins are finely integrated; it finishes with a finale characterized by a particularly fruity aftertaste. A bottle with which the Coppo winery confirms its vocation in interpreting a traditional variety of Piedmontese viticulture, the Barbera.