Red
Ovello
By Cascina Chicco, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
A Barbaresco DOCG from the historic Ovello cru, aged 24 months in wood and 6 months in bottle.
Tasting notes
Medium intense garnet red. Expressive, precise nose with fruity aromas of marasca cherry and floral violet. Well balanced on the palate with spicy black pepper and liquorice notes; elegant, velvety, rich and persistent, with a soft, spicy, mentholated finish.
Pairs well with
Red meat, braised and stewed meats, game, well-aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Ovello
- Production area
- Barbaresco
- Soil
- Bluish marls, clay-calcareous
- Exposure
- South-East
- Harvest
- Beginning of October
- Vineyard planting
- Altitude 250-280 m (Ovello cru, per the estate's territory page)
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested by specialised staff, selecting grapes from the oldest vines in the highest part of the vineyard. Destemmed grapes ferment on the skins in heat-conditioned steel tanks for about 15 days; maceration continues for 40 days via submerged cap. The wine ages 24 months in wood and a further 6 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 18 C
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