Red
Villero
By Boroli, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from the Villero cru in Castiglione Falletto, first made as a pure cru in 1997, structured, long-lived and classic.
Tasting notes
Brilliant garnet red. Persistent aroma of ripe red fruit, plums and cherries opening to spice. Rich palate with a good presence of smooth tannins; built to keep.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Villero
- Production area
- Villero cru in Castiglione Falletto; 0.77 hectares; altitude 280-300 m
- Soil
- Clayey and calcareous, marly-clayey-silty substrate about 1 m deep on the marl that holds moisture (sand 15%, silt 60%, clay 25%)
- Exposure
- South and South-West
- Harvest
- Mid-October
- Vineyard planting
- 0.77 ha; average vine age 40 years (35 on the vineyards page); Kober rootstock, 4500 vines/ha
- Vinification
- Hand harvest in small crates. Destemming and crushing, alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel for 10-12 days at controlled temperature, then submerged-cap maceration for 20-25 days; malolactic fermentation in small barrels at controlled temperature. Ageing in large oak barrels (225-500-1000 L) for 18 months, then at least 1 year in bottle before release. Separate picks by micro-parcel, blended in June-July. Alcohol 14.0%.
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