Red
Nebbiolo d'Alba
By Cascina Val del Prete, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC from clay-calcareous soil with sand veins in Priocca, aged 12 months in 25 hl oak barrels before bottling. About 5,000 bottles a year.
Pairs well with
White and red meats
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nebbiolo d'Alba D.O.C.
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Priocca (CN), Roero; 250m altitude
- Soil
- Clay-calcareous with sand veins, alkaline pH
- Exposure
- East-west
- Harvest
- Manual, early to mid-October
- Vineyard planting
- Vertical trellis (controspalliera), Guyot pruning, 5,000 vines per ha
- Vinification
- Alcoholic fermentation and skin contact maceration for 25-30 days, malolactic fermentation. Aged 12 months in 25 hl oak barrels and 6 months in bottle.
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