Red
Monvigliero Riserva
By Castello di Verduno, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Riserva from the small Monvigliero parcel in Verduno; the estate skips the Riserva in years when the grapes fall short.
Tasting notes
Incredibly refined. Sweet notes of cherries, herbs, liquorice and violets leading to roses and wilted flowers. Perfectly proportioned, with freshness, the right tannins and a long finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG Riserva
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Monvigliero
- Production area
- Monvigliero vineyard in Verduno (280 m), 0.30 ha
- Soil
- White chalky clay, the Marne di Sant'Agata (30% sand, 55% clay, 15% limestone)
- Exposure
- Due south, towards the top of the hill
- Harvest
- Hand-picked in October (10 October in the 2008 data sheet)
- Vineyard planting
- Planted in 1967 per the data sheet (the page says replanted in 1969)
- Vinification
- Hand-sorted fruit in 20 kg baskets; 35 days maceration in steel, then a static maceration under a submerged cap; 44 months in Slavonian oak and 1 month in steel, then 18 months in bottle; bottled without fining or filtration (2008 data sheet).
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