Red
Colline Novaresi Vespolina
By La Piemontina, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
A 100% Vespolina from 1.5 ha of vines, aged 12 months in wood, 13% alcohol. The owner's favourite among the estate's wines.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby with a touch of violet. Spicy and floral, with a typical note of pepper. Savoury and pleasantly intense, with fine, harmonious tannins.
Pairs well with
Suits all dishes; white meats, fresh and medium-aged cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Colline Novaresi DOC Vespolina
- Grape
- Vespolina 100%
- Production area
- Alto Piemonte
- Soil
- Moraine and alluvial
- Exposure
- South to south-east
- Harvest
- Usually the last 10 days of September or early October, depending on the summer
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot Classico; 280 m a.s.l.; 1.5 ha; 3,472 vines per hectare; 85 q/ha; average vine age 6 years (oldest planted 2015)
- Vinification
- Alcoholic fermentation of about a week in steel at a controlled 26 to 28 °C, followed by malolactic fermentation until the malic acid is fully converted. Aged 12 months in wood.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18 °C
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