Red
Basadone
By Castello di Verduno, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Pelaverga from Verduno, where the variety has been grown since the 1600s; the name is the local word for wild poppy.
Tasting notes
Bright ruby red. Intense, fragrant nose with spicy overtones of black pepper and nutmeg and fruit recalling cherries in spirit and strawberries. Nicely balanced, with a lingering dry finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Verduno Pelaverga DOC
- Grape
- Pelaverga Piccolo 100%
- Production area
- Two vineyards in Verduno: Massara (1.24 ha, 240 m) and Olmo (0.37 ha, 340 m)
- Soil
- White soil of mainly limestone composition
- Exposure
- South-east
- Harvest
- Hand-picked in early October (3 October in the 2013 data sheet)
- Vineyard planting
- Parcels planted between 1972 and 2001; the estate planted the first Pelaverga vineyard in 1972
- Vinification
- Hand-sorted fruit in 20 kg baskets; 10 days maceration in stainless steel with regular punching down; 9 months in steel and 3 months in bottle; bottled without filtration (2013 data sheet).
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