Red
Le Coste di Monforte
By Silvano Bolmida, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A Barolo from three small plots, 0.8 ha in all, in Le Coste di Monforte, on clay, silt and grey-white sand with a south-east exposure.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Cru / vineyard
- Le Coste di Monforte
- Production area
- Le Coste di Monforte, Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- Rich in clay and silt, with greyish-white sands
- Exposure
- South-east
- Vineyard planting
- Three small plots, 0.8 ha in total, planted to Nebbiolo da Barolo; vines 25 to 30 years old
- Vinification
- Submerged-cap fermentation for 7 to 10 days, then a long maceration of about 80 days; after malolactic fermentation the wine moves to wood. Two years of ageing in wood on its own sediments.
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