Red
Montemirano
By Claudio Mariotto, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's ageworthy Croatina, from vineyards in the municipality of Sarezzano, aged over a year in barrel before bottling.
Tasting notes
Pleasant, slightly herbaceous and dry, with light tannin and a long finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Colli Tortonesi Croatina DOC
- Grape
- Croatina 100%
- Production area
- Municipality of Sarezzano, 250-300 m a.s.l.
- Soil
- Calcareous, clayey
- Exposure
- West/south-west
- Harvest
- End of September/beginning of October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot pruning, yield about 30 quintals/hectare
- Vinification
- Soft and slow destemming and pressing of the grapes, maceration for 8-10 days and racking. Aged at least 12 months in alternating new and first-passage 500-liter barrels, then at least 6 months in bottle.
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