Red
Azazel
By La Chimera, Valle di Susa, Piemonte, Italy
A Valsusa red blending Avanà with Barbera and Dolcetto from 40 to 50 year old mountain vines.
Tasting notes
Retailer notes describe blackberry, blueberry and raspberry with a forest-floor edge.
Pairs well with
Roast veal, meatballs, hearty vegetable dishes
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Valsusa DOC
- Grape
- Avanà, Barbera, Dolcetto
- Production area
- Chiomonte, Valle di Susa (Torino)
- Soil
- Calcareous schist and limestone
- Harvest
- By hand in small crates, mid-September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot-trained vines 40 to 50 years old at 750 to 800 m; yield about 5 t/ha
- Vinification
- Fermented with native yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel for 10 to 12 days; malolactic and ageing in steel; 12 months in bottle before release.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18°C