Red
Bau
By La Chimera, Valle di Susa, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's most structured red, from very old bush vines of the rare Becuet grape, aged in tonneaux and long in bottle.
Tasting notes
Deep ruby; retailer notes describe blackberry, blueberry and plum with a forest-floor note; powerful and structured.
Pairs well with
Duck breast, red meat, mature cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Grape
- Becuet
- Production area
- Chiomonte, Valle di Susa (Torino)
- Soil
- Calcareous schist and limestone
- Harvest
- By hand in small crates, end of October
- Vineyard planting
- Bush-trained (alberello) vines 60 to 80 years old at 750 to 800 m; yield 3 to 3.5 t/ha
- Vinification
- Long fermentation and maceration of 50 to 60 days with native yeasts in stainless steel; malolactic in steel; one year in French tonneaux, then 18 to 24 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20°C