Red
Langhe Nebbiolo
By Elio Altare, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Elio Altare's Langhe Nebbiolo, grown in La Morra and Monforte d'Alba, with about 15,000 bottles produced a year.
Tasting notes
Ruby red. Delicate, with aromas of flowers and rose petals. Tannins present but not drying, an intense flavour of red fruit and good acidity.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Nebbiolo
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Production area
- La Morra and Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- Calcareous in parts, also sandy
- Exposure
- Various, mainly south and south-east
- Vineyard planting
- Average vine age 20 to 50 years
- Vinification
- Skin maceration in temperature-controlled rotofermenters for 3 to 4 days, a passage in used French barriques for 5 months
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