Red
Bricco del Cuculo
By Castello di Verduno, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Single-vineyard Barbera from a hilltop site on the Faset hill, named for the cuckoos that nest around it.
Tasting notes
Very dark ruby red. Intense nose of spices, red fruit, leather and flowers with mineral and liquorice hints. Excellent structure with rich freshness; it improves with ageing, especially in magnum.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Bricco del Cuculo
- Production area
- Bricco del Cuculo, on top of a hill in the Faset area of Barbaresco (270 m), 0.43 ha
- Soil
- White limestone soil rich in tuff
- Exposure
- East, south and west
- Harvest
- Hand-picked in late September (22 September in the 2012 data sheet)
- Vineyard planting
- Planted in 1950 per the data sheet
- Vinification
- Hand-sorted fruit in 20 kg baskets; 12 days maceration in stainless steel; 18 months in large Slavonian oak and 4 months in steel; bottled without fining or filtration (2012 data sheet).
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