{"product_id":"barbera-dasti-superiore-boffa","title":"Barbera D'Asti - Superiore - Boffa","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eBoffa Carlo e Luigi's Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG is the most convincing demonstration that Barbera - Piedmont's everyday grape variety, the one Asti's farmers drank from a carafe every evening - can become something extraordinary when a serious artisan producer decides to treat it with the same care and respect reserved for great aging wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eBoffa Carlo e Luigi is a small family winery in the Asti area - the heart of the Barbera d'Asti appellation, the hilly stretch between Asti and Canelli where Barbera has its deepest roots and most authentic expression. The Boffa family tends its vineyards with generations of artisan dedication, prioritizing grape quality and respect for the land over high-volume production - 2,500 bottles a year of this Superiore testify to a precise and consistent production choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eBarbera is Piedmont's most generous and most underrated grape variety - generous because it produces grapes with naturally high concentration and exceptionally high natural acidity, making it age-worthy and versatile at the table; underrated because for too long it was considered the \"poor man's wine,\" in contrast to Nebbiolo's nobility. Yet in the right hands, with controlled yields, a late harvest, and aging in quality wood, Barbera d'Asti Superiore can achieve a complexity and aromatic depth that astonish even the most demanding palates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eBoffa interprets Barbera Superiore with 12 months of aging in French oak barriques and tonneaux - a combination that brings tannic finesse from the barriques and structural roundness from the tonneaux, integrating spicy and vanilla notes into the wine that intertwine beautifully with Barbera's natural red fruit - followed by 6 months of bottle aging before release. The result is a Superiore Barbera of great character: its 15.5% natural alcohol - the result of a late harvest and exceptional grape concentration in the 2022 vintage - is perfectly balanced by the vibrant acidity that is this grape variety's genetic signature, creating a balance between power and freshness that is the most fascinating characteristic of the finest Superiore wines from the Asti area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOn the nose, it is rich and enveloping: ripe black cherry and morello cherry preserves, blackberry, plum, cocoa, sweet spices (vanilla, cinnamon), light tobacco, and a balsamic hint of aromatic hillside herbs. On the palate, it is warm and structured - tannins are present but already well integrated through aging in wood, with a glyceric sweetness balancing the alcoholic power, Barbera's natural acidity remaining lively and vertical, and a long, persistent finish with notes of concentrated dark fruit, spices, and integrated oak. Serve at 16-17°C, with a brief decanting. It shows its best qualities between 3 and 10 years after the harvest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emporio Divino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58271024120182,"sku":null,"price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/2717\/0166\/files\/Nuovoprogetto_79_1_52.jpg?v=1790074369","url":"https:\/\/emporiodivino.com\/en\/products\/barbera-dasti-superiore-boffa","provider":"Emporio diVino","version":"1.0","type":"link"}