Red
Barolo
By Bricco dei Guazzi, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A Barolo from Langhe Nebbiolo, first made in 2017. Alcohol 14.5% (2020 tech sheet), drinks well for 10-15 years.
Tasting notes
Pale garnet red. Complex, wide nose of rose petals, red fruit and spice. Full and well balanced on the palate, with velvety tannins.
Pairs well with
No elaborate dishes needed: Fassona tartare, a first course with Borgotaro porcini, or a fried egg with truffle.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Langhe; about 300 m above sea level
- Soil
- Silty and clayey soils with a fair share of sand
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- 2017 was an early harvest with low yields (vintage note on the tech sheet)
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 4,400 vines per hectare, yield about 70 q/ha
- Vinification
- Selected grapes are destemmed, crushed and fermented in steel tanks. Maceration lasts about 10 days at up to 30 C, and malolactic fermentation finishes before the end of winter. The wine matures at least 24 months in barrique (the website page says 18 months in oak casks of different sizes).
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