Red
Vignota
By Conterno Fantino, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba from Monforte d'Alba vineyards, aged in French oak and steel. First vintage 1985, about 32,000 bottles.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Vineyards in the zone of Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- Silt with varying proportions of sand and calcium carbonate
- Exposure
- South-east, south-west
- Harvest
- Hand-picked from the end of September to the beginning of October at optimal ripeness
- Vineyard planting
- planted in different periods; Guyot training; density 5,000 to 5,500 vines per ha; slope 20% to 35%; altitude 300 to 400 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 wood. Ageing: French oak barrels and stainless steel
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