# Selmu (Davide Carlone)

> White, Colline Novaresi DOC Bianco by [Davide Carlone](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/davide-carlone.md), Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/davide-carlone-selmu).

- **Producer:** Davide Carlone
- **Style:** White
- **Denomination:** Colline Novaresi DOC Bianco
- **Grape:** Indigenous white grape 100% (see regulations)
- **Production area:** Boca, Prato Sesia
- **Soil:** Land rich in porphyry, giving an acidic, sterile soil
- **Exposure:** South, South-West
- **Harvest:** Second/third decade of September, manual selection and harvesting
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot training, 3,800 vines/hectare, yield 80 quintals/hectare, on 1 hectare: 0.5 ha of 6-year-old vines and 0.5 ha of 4-year-old vines
- **Vinification:** Maceration on the skins for about 2 weeks in steel tanks, malolactic fermentation with natural indigenous yeasts, extremely low sulphite dosage. Aged 8-10 months in steel tanks, released 10 months after harvest.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-26



## Summary

A skin-macerated white from an indigenous local grape variety, under the Colline Novaresi DOC Bianco, aged 8-10 months in steel.

## Tasting notes

Intense yellow with amber highlights. Skin maceration enriches the must with aromatic substances, giving a wine rich in perfume with a bouquet of tertiary aromas such as ripe fruit and spices. Enveloping and gritty on the palate, with great personality; quite gastronomic.

## Food pairings

Suitable for pairing with local dishes.