Red
Vigna Colonnello
By Bussìa Soprana, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Single-vineyard Barolo from the half-hectare Colonnello vineyard of old Nebbiolo vines, aged 24 months in oak casks. The site lists vintages from 2000 to 2016 and a 1999 Riserva.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Colonnello
- Production area
- Vigna Colonnello, Bussia Soprana, single vineyard of about 0.5 hectares in front of the farmhouse, Monforte d'Alba, 380 m above sea level
- Soil
- Tuff and sand (vineyard page: loam)
- Exposure
- South/south-west
- Harvest
- October (vineyard page: by hand in crates, end of September)
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; vines about 70 years old, planted 1948; 2.40 x 0.90 m layout; strict winter pruning and summer thinning, 50 to 60 quintals per hectare
- Vinification
- Fermented in stainless steel at a controlled 28° to 32° C, selected yeasts, 15 days maceration; aged 24 months in 30-quintal oak casks. Alcohol 14.5% vol. (2016)..
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