Matteo Boasso - Anima 2025
Matteo Boasso - Anima 2025
Barbera, half whole bunch and half foot-trodden, steel only and fresh.
- Juicy
- Fresh
- Light
- Chillable
- Type
- Red
- Place
- Piemonte, Italy
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How it tastes
In the glass
Whole-bunch Barbera, all steel: fresh, fine and much lighter than Barbera usually is.
Profile
Nose
Sour cherry, plum and red berries, with a fresh, slightly herbal lift from the whole bunches.
Palate
Light and juicy. Barbera's bright acidity carries crisp red fruit, with almost no tannin.
Finish
Clean and refreshing, with a sour-cherry snap.
“Barbera without the weight: one to pour again.”
How to serve
Getting the best out of it
How to pair it
This is a light red
Low tannin, lots of freshness: serve it slightly chilled and pair it almost like a white. No cheese, no fried food.
Match
Flavours that echo the wine.
- Mushrooms and earthy vegetables
- Poultry and white meat (roast chicken)
- Pulses (lentils, beans)
- Grilled meaty fish (tuna, salmon)
Contrast
Opposites that make each other better.
- Cured meats (salame, prosciutto)
- Fatty sausages
Careful with
Combinations that flatten the wine.
- Raw fish
- Very hot chilli
- Heavy stews
Terroir & winemaking
From the vineyard to the bottle
Barbera from an old vineyard next to Roccabella, on the same marl as Matteo’s Nebbiolo, worked by Matteo himself. Made the simple way: whole bunches, bare feet and steel. Bottled as Vino Rosso.
- Vines
- Old Barbera vines, from the vineyard next to Roccabella.
- Soils
- Sant’Agata Fossili marl, the same as the Nebbiolo.
- Farming
- Worked by Matteo and farmed organically.
- Cellar
- Half whole bunches, half crushed by foot. Spontaneous fermentation, steel only, cold-settled over winter and bottled at the end of it.
- Additions
- Sulphur after malolactic fermentation.
Where it's from · Piemonte, Italy
RODDI, ROCCABELLA
Roccabella is the hill around Matteo’s house in Roddi. About a hectare of Nebbiolo faces south, and half a hectare faces north. The north side is cooler: it keeps the acidity and the freshness.
The winemaker · Roddi, Piemonte, Italy
Matteo Boasso
Light, fine Nebbiolo and Barbera from Roddi, foot-trodden and fermented on their own.
Matteo Boasso made his first vintage in 2024, in Roddi. His Nebbiolo grows around his house, on the Roccabella hill: about a hectare and a half, one hectare facing south and half a hectare facing north, on Sant’Agata Fossili marl. For now he makes wine from only part of those grapes, and he wants that share to grow every year.
His Barbera comes from an old vineyard next to Roccabella, on the same soil, which he works himself. In 2026 he planted a hectare of Barbera on the Roccabella hill, facing south. It is not in production yet, and the plan is to bring the two together when it is.
- Style
- Light, fine Nebbiolo and a fresh, juicy Barbera.
- Vineyard
- Roccabella, about a hectare and a half of Nebbiolo around the house, on Sant’Agata Fossili marl. The Barbera comes from an old vineyard next to it, on the same soil.
- Farming
- On organic principles, not certified. Copper and sulphur only, no herbicides, almost everything by hand.
- Winemaking
- Half whole bunches, half crushed by foot; spontaneous fermentation. Old wood for the Nebbiolo, steel for the Barbera.
- Signature
- Fine, light, layered and precise.
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Good to know
Questions we get a lot
Is this a natural wine?
All our wines come from small growers who farm organically or biodynamically and keep intervention in the cellar to a minimum: native yeasts, little or no added sulphites. Every producer has their own approach; the details are in “From the vineyard to the bottle” above.
Why is it a bit cloudy, or is there sediment?
Many of our wines are bottled unfiltered. A light haze or some sediment is natural and harmless: stand the bottle upright for a few hours and pour gently.
How long does it keep once open?
It depends on the wine (see “Once open” above). As a rule: cork back in and keep it in the fridge, reds included.
When will my order arrive?
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