Red
Barolo
By Cascina Bongiovanni, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A Barolo blended from three vineyards in three communes, about 2 hectares in all, aged 18 months in barriques. 10,000 bottles, also in 1.5-litre magnum; alcohol 14 to 14.5%.
Tasting notes
Colour: garnet red. Aromas: a distinctive elegance on the nose, with fresh fruity notes reminiscent of raspberry.
Pairs well with
Pasta with meat ragu, white and red meats, medium to long-aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Production area
- Serralunga d'Alba, Castiglione Falletto and Diano d'Alba (about 2 ha)
- Soil
- Clay with a high silt content
- Exposure
- East / south-east
- Harvest
- Early October
- Vineyard planting
- Low-trained Guyot; average vine age 20-30 years; 4,000 vines per hectare; maximum yield 80 quintals per hectare, reduced by bunch thinning
- Vinification
- Grapes from the three vineyards are crushed and fermented together; skin maceration in a horizontal stainless-steel fermenter for about 10-12 days, with daily pump-overs. Aged 18 months in 225-litre barriques (30-50% new oak depending on the vintage), then 6-12 months in stainless steel before bottling. No clarification or filtration.
- Serving temperature
- 16-18 C
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