Red
Colline Novaresi Rosso
By La Piemontina, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
A Nebbiolo and Vespolina blend, the first wine released under the La Piemontina label, aged 6 months in wood, 12.5 to 14% alcohol.
Tasting notes
Brilliant ruby. Elegant, persistent nose of red fruit. Soft and fruity, with good body and a persistent, slightly astringent finish from the tannins.
Pairs well with
Suits all dishes; land-based starters, white meats, medium-aged cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Colline Novaresi DOC Rosso
- Grape
- Nebbiolo, Vespolina
- Soil
- Moraine and alluvial
- Exposure
- South to south-east
- Harvest
- Nebbiolo in late autumn, when morning fog wraps the hills; Vespolina usually in the last 10 days of September or early October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot Classico; 280 m a.s.l.; Nebbiolo 21 ha, Vespolina 1.5 ha; 3,472 vines per hectare for both; 80 q/ha Nebbiolo, 85 q/ha Vespolina; average vine age 12 years (Nebbiolo, oldest 1976) and 6 years (Vespolina, oldest 2015)
- Vinification
- Natural fermentation in temperature-controlled steel, malolactic fermentation in steel, cold stabilised. Aged 6 months in wood and 3 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18 °C
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