Red
Firangiüli
By Giacomo Boveri, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy
Croatina from a 2008 vineyard in Costa Vescovato, kept in steel for a year and at least 18 months in bottle. The vineyard is a place Giacomo Boveri visited often as a child.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Colli Tortonesi DOC Croatina
- Grape
- Croatina 100%
- Production area
- Costa Vescovato (AL)
- Soil
- Medium-textured clay
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- End of September, by hand
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 2008, 240 m above sea level, 0.83 x 2.60 m spacing, Guyot training, 70 q/ha. Fertilised with organic-based products, green manure in alternate rows, mechanical weeding. Since 2019 the estate has followed the DTP Passione & Ragione sustainable viticulture protocol.
- Vinification
- Crushing and fermentation in steel at a controlled 26 °C, delastage mid-fermentation, then 10 to 15 days of maceration on the skins. One year in steel, then at least 18 months in bottle.
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