Red
Luigi Arnulfo
By Costa di Bussia, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A special selection dedicated to the founder, made almost every year from the estate’s best bunches. The label reproduces the one Luigi Arnulfo designed for his 1883 Barolo.
Tasting notes
Deep garnet red; ripe red fruit and jam, toasted tobacco and sweet spice. Enveloping softness and fine, sweet tannins, very persistent.
Pairs well with
Game, mature and aged cheeses; red meats.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Bussia
- Production area
- Bussia, Tenuta Arnulfo
- Soil
- Grapes come from the best-exposed vineyards of the estate, those with the marl-richest soils, which give powerful but delicate wines with high ageing potential.
- Exposure
- South
- Harvest
- The best bunches are picked overripe.
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1993 to 2002
- Vinification
- Grapes harvested overripe for more power, concentration and softness; aged 36 months in 5,000-litre Slavonian oak casks, then in bottle. Also made as a 3 L Jeroboam.
- Serving temperature
- 18 C
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