Red
Langhe Nebbiolo
By Giuseppe Cortese, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Made from the estate's youngest vines, in front of the winery, with red berry notes and good structure.
Tasting notes
Intense yet delicate perfume. Dry, fresh and pleasant, with the typical tannic balance. Garnet red colour.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Nebbiolo
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Barbaresco, 1.5 hectares, 200 to 330 m above sea level, vineyards in front of the winery
- Soil
- Limestone and clay
- Vineyard planting
- About 15 years old, Guyot, 4,000 vines per hectare, 70 quintals per hectare, about 10,000 bottles, hand harvested
- Vinification
- About 30 days of fermentation in stainless steel; 12 months in Slavonian oak barrels of 17 to 25 hl, from new to 8 or 9 years old; at least 6 months in bottle before release.
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- Rabajà, Barbaresco DOCG
- Rabajà Riserva, Barbaresco Riserva DOCG
- Scapulin, Langhe DOC Bianco