Red
Langhe Nebbiolo
By Filippo Gallino, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
An approachable, everyday style of Nebbiolo from the sandy clay hills of Canale, first bottled in 1961.
Tasting notes
Pale ruby red. Aromas of raspberry, violet, rose petal, liquorice and spice. Full-bodied on the palate, with dried rose petal and liquorice, tannic and persistent.
Pairs well with
An entire meal, traditional cheeses and cured meats.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Nebbiolo
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Production area
- Roero, in the municipality of Canale
- Soil
- Sandy, calcareous, light-coloured clay
- Harvest
- Early October, by hand only
- Vineyard planting
- Traditional Guyot training, 8 to 9 bunches per plant; yield of 80 quintals per hectare
- Vinification
- Grapes are crushed and destemmed, macerated for 7 to 10 days with manual pump-overs, then vinified and refined in steel tanks.
- Serving temperature
- Room temperature
- Storage
- Rests in steel tanks.
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