Red
Cavazucchi
By Colombera & Garella, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
A Vino Rosso from the Cavazucchi vineyard in Mesola, Brusnengo, made from a traditional Alto Piemonte blend and aged 4 years, including 2 in oak.
Tasting notes
A long-ageing red from the porphyry soils of the Cavazucchi vineyard in Mesola, Brusnengo, made from a traditional blend.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Vino Rosso
- Grape
- Traditional Alto Piemonte blend (grape varieties not individually named by the estate)
- Cru / vineyard
- Cavazucchi
- Production area
- Estate-owned Cavazucchi vineyard in the Mesola area of the comune of Brusnengo, at 350 m altitude.
- Soil
- Acidic-pH soils of volcanic porphyritic sand, orange in colour.
- Exposure
- 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 4 years, including 2 years in oak casks. Unfiltered. Estimated ageing potential: over 30 years.
- Storage
- Long aging
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