Red
Lacrime di Gioia
By La Piemontina, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
A steel-aged red that began as a tank meant for the estate's Nebbiolo but tasted different, so it became its own label. 12 to 13% alcohol.
Tasting notes
Ruby red. Elegant, persistent nose of red fruit. Soft and balanced, full-bodied with a persistent, tannic finish.
Pairs well with
Suits all dishes; land-based starters, white meats, medium-aged cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Colline Novaresi DOC Rosso
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Soil
- Moraine and alluvial
- Exposure
- South to south-east
- Harvest
- Late autumn, when morning fog wraps the vineyard hills
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot Classico; 280 m a.s.l.; Nebbiolo vines: 21 ha; 3,472 vines per hectare; 80 q/ha; average vine age 12 years (oldest planted 1976)
- Vinification
- Natural fermentation in temperature-controlled steel, malolactic fermentation in steel, cold stabilised. Aged 10 months in steel.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18 °C
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