Red
Barolo
By Brezza Giacomo e Figli, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
The family's Barolo without a vineyard name, blended from plots in Barolo, Monforte d'Alba and Novello. Described as the easiest of their Barolos to approach.
Tasting notes
Very expressive on the nose and elegant even when young, with a lighter structure than the crus.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo (Lampia)
- Production area
- Municipalities of Barolo, Monforte d'Alba and Novello, in the south-west of the Barolo zone; 2.3 ha
- Soil
- Clay-silt, sandy, silty
- Exposure
- East and west; 300 m
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1991, 3,700 vines/ha at 1 m x 2.7 m, Guyot-trained trellis, K5BB and 420A rootstocks, yield about 7,000 kg/ha.
- Vinification
- Same approach as the family's crus but with shorter macerations. Aged for two years in large Slavonian oak casks of 1,500 to 3,000 litres (staves bent over fire, not toasted, and never new) and one year in bottle. Wine aged in wood is neither filtered nor clarified (estate-level statement).
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