Red
Parafada
By Casa E. di Mirafiore, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Single-vineyard Barolo from the MGA Parafada cru, certified organic, one of the oldest terroirs of the Langhe. Matures 20-24 months in tonneaux and then in ceramic amphorae before bottling. The estate's 2020-vintage sheet lists 700 bottles produced.
Tasting notes
Intense, bright garnet red. Notes of wild strawberry and small red fruits, spicy hints of black pepper. Vibrant and enveloping on the palate, with a dense, balanced tannic texture and long persistence.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Parafada
- Production area
- MGA Parafada, Serralunga d'Alba (the estate owns 1.6322 ha within the 7.9212 ha MGA, up to 350m a.s.l.)
- Soil
- Clay-limestone, no skeleton, fertile and particularly deep with highly disintegrated stratiform deposits
- Exposure
- South-west and south-east
- Harvest
- Half October
- Vineyard planting
- Mixed Guyot with bow-tied fruiting head, 4,000-5,000 plants/ha; historic vineyard planted 1975 from mass-selection plants
- Vinification
- Harvested grapes ferment whole-bunch in 500-litre wooden barrels, alternating destemmed and whole-bunch layers, with light punch-downs; the process lasts about three weeks before racking, with part of the must finishing fermentation off the skins, then malolactic fermentation in the same barrels.
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