Red
R56 Brandini
By Brandini, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's own cru, from the vineyard around the cellar in La Morra, shaped by altitude, ventilation and clayey, sandy soil, and aged only in large barrels.
Tasting notes
Aroma: intense, austere, small red fruits and roses. Palate: precise, aromatic, with a dense tannic texture giving persistence and elegance. Colour: garnet.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Brandini
- Production area
- La Morra, Brandini MGA
- Soil
- Clayey and sandy soil
- Vinification
- Half of the bunches destemmed and gently crushed, half fermented as whole bunches. Temperature-controlled stainless steel, 3 weeks total skin contact with regular pump-overs. Malolactic conversion in stainless steel before wood. Aged in large wooden botti for around 24 months; returned to stainless steel in the spring after wood ageing and bottled the following June; kept in the cellar a minimum of 18 months before release.
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