Red
Villero
By Arnaldo Rivera, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from two vineyards within the Villero MGA in Castiglione Falletto, facing south-west at an average 315 m. Average annual production 3,000 bottles.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Villero
- Production area
- Two vineyards within the Villero MGA, Castiglione Falletto
- Soil
- Brown soil interposed with white soil areas, medium developed, on sandy Sant'Agata Fossil Marl (about 9 million years old, Tortonian); clay about 25% on average, depth about 1-1.5 m.
- Exposure
- South-west facing, 285-340 m a.s.l. (average 315 m), gradient about 15%
- Vineyard planting
- Vineyards planted 1950-1965 and 1971
- 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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