Red
Bramaterra
By Colombera & Garella, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
Colombera & Garella's Bramaterra DOC, a blend of Nebbiolo, Croatina and Vespolina from the estate's Cascina Cottignano vineyard in Masserano, aged 3 years including 24 months in large oak casks.
Tasting notes
A long-ageing red from the porphyry soils of Masserano, made with Nebbiolo, Vespolina and Croatina.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Bramaterra DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 80%, Croatina 10%, Vespolina 10%
- Cru / vineyard
- Cascina Cottignano
- Production area
- Estate-owned vineyards in the comune of Masserano, Cascina Cottignano area, at 350 m altitude.
- Soil
- Acidic-pH soils of volcanic porphyritic sand, reddish-brown in colour.
- Exposure
- South-east / south-west
- Vineyard planting
- Classic Guyot training; yield capped at 35 quintals per hectare.
- Vinification
- Grapes selected in the vineyard, destemmed and crushed, classic fermentation without temperature control with pumping-over and delestage, followed by malolactic fermentation. Aged 3 years, including 24 months in 6,000-litre oak casks, then blended and rested in cement tanks for a few months before bottling. Unfiltered. Estimated ageing potential: over 30 years.
- Storage
- Long aging
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