Red
Monvigliero
By Arnaldo Rivera, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from three vineyards within the Monvigliero MGA, facing due south at an average 270 m. Average annual production 3,500 bottles.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Monvigliero
- Production area
- Three vineyards within the Monvigliero MGA
- Soil
- White, silty clay loam, calcareous, shallow, young soil on laminated Sant'Agata Fossil Marl (about 8 million years old, Tortonian).
- Exposure
- South facing, 220-280 m a.s.l. (average 270 m), gradient about 15%
- Vineyard planting
- Vineyards planted 1948-1972, 1950 and 2002
- Vinification
- Fermentation and maceration in stainless steel for about three weeks at a controlled temperature; spontaneous malolactic fermentation in wood. Aged about 30 months in cask.
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