Red
Girotondo
By Giulio Accornero e Figli, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Girotondo is a Monferrato Rosso DOC made from Nebbiolo, first produced in 2006; proceeds are linked to the Associazione Massimo Accornero, and the label carries a different drawing by one of the children the association supports each year.
Tasting notes
Garnet color, fine and elegant with notes of fruit, cherry, raspberry and dried flowers, savory and fresh with dense, ripe tannins.
Pairs well with
Red meat
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Monferrato Rosso DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Municipality of Vignale Monferrato (AL)
- Exposure
- East
- Harvest
- Hand-picked in September and October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot pruning in line with tradition, with bunches thinned in August
- Vinification
- Traditional submerged-cap vinification with scheduled pumping over and spontaneous malolactic fermentation in French oak tonneaux. Unfiltered and not cold-stabilized, aged 12 months in 500-liter French oak tonneaux.
- Serving temperature
- 16°C
- Storage
- Aging in 500 liters tonneaux for 12 months. Neither filtered nor cold stabilized.
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