Red
Ghemme
By La Piemontina, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
A 100% Nebbiolo Ghemme, one of the estate's first wines, aged 18 months in wood and 6 in bottle, 13 to 14% alcohol.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with garnet reflections. Delicate floral notes of rose and violet, with wild berry fruit. Round tannins, velvety body, balanced acidity and excellent persistence.
Pairs well with
Piedmontese main courses, meat (braised and roast), medium to long aged cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Ghemme DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Alto Piemonte
- Soil
- Moraine and alluvial
- Exposure
- South to south-east
- Harvest
- Late autumn, when morning fog wraps the vineyard hills
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot Classico; 280 m a.s.l.; Nebbiolo vines: 21 ha; 3,472 vines per hectare; 80 q/ha; average vine age 12 years (oldest planted 1976)
- Vinification
- Alcoholic fermentation at a controlled 26 to 28 °C for 10 days in steel, followed by about ten days of maceration on the skins. Aged 18 months in wood and 6 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18 °C
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