Red
Bordini
By Elvio Cogno, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barbaresco from the Bordini MGA in Neive, made through a collaboration with a producer friend there. Aged 12 to 14 months in large Slavonian oak.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with light garnet highlights. Fine, harmonious and complex nose of ripe red fruit and violet with spicy undertones. Enveloping tannins, elegance, sapidity and persistence.
Pairs well with
Fresh pasta with light sauces or Langhe white truffle, rabbit stew, roasted white meat, veal tartare, soft cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo (Lampia sub-variety)
- Cru / vineyard
- Bordini
- Production area
- Bordini MGA, Neive; 2 hectares
- Harvest
- End of September
- Vineyard planting
- 2 ha; 4,000 vines per hectare; vertical trellis, Guyot pruning; 250 m above sea level
- Vinification
- Stainless steel, temperature-controlled, automatic pumping-over, 20 days post-fermentation maceration with submerged cap; 12 to 14 months in large Slavonian oak barrels; 60 days on the lees; 6 months in bottle. 10,000 bottles.
- Serving temperature
- 16-18°C
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