Red
Riserva Currà
By Bruno Rocca, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
The Riserva from the Currà cru, aged 24 to 36 months in French oak.
Tasting notes
Bright ruby red. Sweet floral notes (rose, violet), fresh mint and spice. Elegant and harmonious, with good acidity and marked savouriness; persistent, with a finish of watermelon flesh.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco Riserva 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
- Wooden vats for 25 to 28 days, then 24 to 36 months in French oak barrels. Yield 40 hl per hectare.
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