Red
Barolo
By Aldo Clerico, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Monforte d'Alba Barolo aged two years in wood and a further year in bottle.
Tasting notes
The fullest expression of Nebbiolo grown in the Langa. Pale ruby with an intense garnet rim. A wide, austere, multi-faceted nose: floral notes mixing with face powder and violet, red fruit and creamy oak. Soft, wide, satisfying entry and very persistent taste, with liquorice and violet over a dense, compact tannic weave that softens with age. Ageing potential of more than twenty years.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Monforte d'Alba (CN)
- Soil
- Calcareous and clayey marls
- Exposure
- South, 400 m a.s.l.
- Harvest
- Second ten days of October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; vines 40-50 years old; 4,000 plants/ha; yield 65 quintals/ha; about 4500 bottles a year
- Vinification
- Alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 15 to 20 days with temperature control and daily pumping over. Ageing: 2 years in barriques and oak barrels, then a further 12 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 18°C
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