Red
Cicala
By Poderi Aldo Conterno, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Single-vineyard Barolo from the Cicala cru in Bussia, Monforte d'Alba, picked by hand and kept on the skins for 30 days before ageing in oak casks.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo (Michet and Lampia varieties)
- Cru / vineyard
- Cicala
- Production area
- Cicala vineyard, Bussia, Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- Clayey-calcareous soil rich in calcium carbonate and iron (estate cru vineyards Romirasco, Cicala, Colonnello)
- Exposure
- South, south-west
- Harvest
- Mid-October, by hand, with grape selection in the vineyard
- Vineyard planting
- Vines about 40-45 years old, replanted from time to time. Main Nebbiolo variety is Lampia (rootstock Rupestris du Lot). The name Cicala means balm-cricket.
- Vinification
- Red vinification with skin contact in stainless steel vats; the must stays on the skins for 30 days, during which alcoholic fermentation is completed. Fermentation temperatures vary, with peaks up to 32 C. The new wine is decanted several times before moving to oak casks, where it ages and refines. Red wines are neither clarified nor filtered (estate level).
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