Red
Vigna Pressenda
By Conterno Fantino, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from the Pressenda vineyard in the Castelletto cru, 100% Nebbiolo aged in French oak. First vintage 2013, about 6,000 bottles.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Castelletto
- Production area
- Vineyards in the zone of Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- Subsoil: Lequio Formation. Soil: white, silt with sand, highly calcareous
- Exposure
- south-east
- Harvest
- Hand-picked around mid-October at optimal ripeness
- Vineyard planting
- planted 1969, 1986, 2007 and 2012; Guyot training; density 4,500 to 5,000 vines per ha; slope 30%; altitude 340 to 360 m above sea level; yield 5.5 to 6 t/ha (37 to 40 hl/ha)
- Vinification
- Maceration and alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks; malolactic fermentation in wood. Ageing: French oak of various dimensions
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