Red
Ginestrino
By Conterno Fantino, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Nebbiolo from Monforte d'Alba vineyards, aged in French oak and steel. First vintage 1984, about 35,000 bottles.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Nebbiolo
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Vineyards in the zone of Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- Silt with varying proportions of sand and calcium carbonate
- Exposure
- South, south-west, south-east
- Harvest
- Hand-picked around the beginning to mid-October at optimal ripeness
- Vineyard planting
- planted in different periods; Guyot training; density 4,500 to 5,000 vines per ha; slope 25% to 45%; altitude 300 to 450 m above sea level; yield 7 to 8 t/ha (50 to 55 hl/ha)
- Vinification
- Maceration and alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks; malolactic fermentation in wood. Ageing: French oak and stainless steel
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