Barbera d'Asti doc Montruc Franco M. Martinetti 2003

This elegant Barbera d’Asti wine takes its name from the dialectal expression of Piedmont “Montruc”, that means top of a hill. Its colour is an intense ruby red one with yellow-crowned nuances; it includes various and fragrant perfumes of dog rose, mature cherry, blueberry, vanilla and spices. This is a wine with a great structure and softness: thanks to its important taste it is perfect in combination with flavourful first courses, second ones based on meat, roasts.

Franco Martinetti is a great personality in the food and wine background of the Piedmont: at the beginning he worked as advertiser, and little by little he began to passionate of wine and food. So, Franco begins to produce wines in 1974 and he immediately knows lot of success: in fact his wines are recognized by international awards. Moreover this cave is the only one in Italy that takes part of the Académie du Vin de France, and recently Franco Martinetti is become the president of this association.