Red
Monprà
By Conterno Fantino, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A Nebbiolo and Barbera blend from Monforte d'Alba, each aged separately in French oak and assembled before bottling. First vintage 1985.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Rosso
- Grape
- Nebbiolo, Barbera (percentages not published)
- Production area
- Vineyards in the zone of Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- Silt with varying proportions of sand and calcium carbonate
- Exposure
- South, south-west
- Harvest
- Hand-picked around the beginning to mid-October at optimal ripeness
- Vineyard planting
- planted Nebbiolo 2000, Barbera 1991; Guyot training; density 4,500 to 5,000 vines per ha; slope 30% to 35%; altitude 300 to 400 m above sea level; yield 6.5 to 7 t/ha (50 to 55 hl/ha); the Italian sheet says 65 to 70 q/ha, 45 to 48 hl/ha
- Vinification
- Maceration and alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks; malolactic fermentation in wood. The two wines are aged separately and blended only before bottling. Ageing: French oak barrels
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