Red
Rocche dell'Annunziata
By Arnaldo Rivera, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from two vineyards within the Rocche dell'Annunziata MGA, facing due south at an average 340 m. Average annual production 3,500 bottles.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Rocche dell'Annunziata
- Production area
- Two vineyards within the Rocche dell'Annunziata MGA, on the slope from La Morra toward the Annunziata hamlet
- Soil
- White, clayey silt loam, calcareous, young soil on laminated Sant'Agata Fossil Marl in transition to sandy marl (about 8 million years old, Tortonian).
- Exposure
- South facing, 300-380 m a.s.l. (average 340 m), gradient about 22%
- Vineyard planting
- Vineyards planted 1988 and 1991
- 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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