Red
Rocche di Castiglione
By Arnaldo Rivera, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from a single estate-owned vineyard (since 1994) facing south-east at 340 m. Average annual production 2,400 bottles.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Rocche di Castiglione
- Production area
- Single vineyard, estate-owned since 1994
- Soil
- Brown loam, medium calcareous, mature soil on Diano Sandstone in transition to Sant'Agata Fossil Marl (about 9 million years old, Tortonian).
- Exposure
- South-east facing, 340 m a.s.l., gradient about 10%
- Vineyard planting
- Vineyard planted 1977-1990
- 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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