Red
Currà
By Bruno Rocca, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Barbaresco from the Currà cru in Neive, bought by the family in 2001.
Tasting notes
Ruby with garnet reflections. Striking red fruit (redcurrant and raspberry) with fresh floral notes of rose and geranium. Firm and linear, with silky tannins and a long finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Cru / vineyard
- Currà
- Soil
- Clay and limestone soils: white tufaceous marl mixed with grey-blue marl and veins of sand, from the Tertiary Period.
- Exposure
- Mainly south-west; 220 to 300 m above sea level; about 4.5 ha
- Vinification
- Stainless steel for 20 to 25 days, then 12 months in barrique and 12 months in large barrels, all French oak. Yield 40 hl per hectare.
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