Red
La Villa
By Elio Altare, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
La Villa is Elio Altare's Barbera and Nebbiolo blend from a single La Morra vineyard, made in 1,000 to 1,500 bottles.
Tasting notes
Very intense ruby red. Intense aromas of plum and blackberry. Fresh notes of small red fruits, well-calibrated tannin with a pleasant acidity from the Barbera, complex and balanced.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Rosso
- Grape
- Barbera, Nebbiolo
- Cru / vineyard
- La Villa
- Production area
- La Morra
- Soil
- Sandy and tuffaceous
- Exposure
- South, south-east
- Vineyard planting
- Various vine ages
- Vinification
- Skin maceration in temperature-controlled rotofermenters for 3 to 4 days, aged 18 months in new French barriques
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