Red
Bricco Bastia
By Conterno Fantino, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Dolcetto d'Alba from the Bricco Bastia vineyards at 550 metres, kept in stainless steel. First vintage 1992, about 15,000 bottles.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Dolcetto d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Dolcetto 100%
- Production area
- Vineyards in the zone of Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- Silt with a high proportion of sand
- Exposure
- South, west and east
- Harvest
- Hand-picked around the beginning of September at optimal ripeness
- Vineyard planting
- planted 1990; Guyot training; density 5,500 to 6,000 vines per ha; slope 15% to 35%; altitude 550 m above sea level; yield 7 to 8 t/ha (49 to 56 hl/ha)
- Vinification
- Maceration and alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks; malolactic fermentation in stainless steel. Ageing: Stainless steel tanks
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