Red
La Cucca
By Eugenio Pastoris, Canavese, Piemonte, Italy
Nebbiolo from the La Cucca vineyard in Roppolo (BI), organically farmed. The 2021 described on the site macerated for three months and aged about three years before bottling, unfiltered.
Tasting notes
This Nebbiolo displays a garnet hue, offering an aromatic bouquet of red cherry, rose petal, and a hint of tar. On the palate, it is structured with firm tannins and a persistent finish of red fruit and earthy undertones. [Profiles: bold, tannic, aromatic, complex, structured]
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Canavese Nebbiolo DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Cru / vineyard
- La Cucca
- Production area
- La Cucca vineyard, Roppolo (BI), Piemonte
- Soil
- Acidic, quartz and mineral-rich
- Harvest
- 15-16 October (2021 vintage)
- Vineyard planting
- 40-50 year old vines
- Vinification
- Destemmed, 3 months maceration, aged in concrete tanks then 1 year in used tonneaux; about three years of ageing in total. Bottled by gravity in August 2024, unfiltered. Total sulphur below 21 mg/L. Organic farming.
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