Red
Lessona
By Colombera & Garella, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
Colombera & Garella's Lessona DOC, 100% Nebbiolo from the Crose vineyard in Lessona, aged 3 years including 24 months in oak.
Tasting notes
The elegance of Nebbiolo, expressed through Lessona's ancient marine sands.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Lessona DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Crose
- Production area
- Estate-owned vineyards in the comune of Lessona, at 350 m altitude.
- Soil
- Acidic-pH soils of marine sand, yellow-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 3 years, including 24 months in 2,500-litre oak casks, then blended and rested in cement tanks for a few months before bottling. Unfiltered. Estimated ageing potential: over 30 years.
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