The 2012 Barbera d'Alba Superiore Bricco Airoli is a dark and saturated wine with dusty aromas of pencil shavings and sunbaked terracotta. The core is possessed by dark, ripe fruit. The wine offers lasting intensity and an almost gritty texture in the mouth. It is macerated and fermented for up to ten days with a submerged cap and aged in large barrels for 18 months. Some 8,000 bottles were produced.