Red
Langhe Nebbiolo
By Le Ginestre, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Nebbiolo from Montelupo Albese at about 300 m on clayey loam and limestone, aged a year in oak.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red with slight orange highlights; expansive nose with raspberry, dried plum, light violet, vanilla, cinnamon and cloves; warm, mouth-filling, with well-balanced tannins and a lingering, spiced aftertaste.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe Nebbiolo DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Production area
- Montelupo Albese, average altitude 300 m
- Soil
- Clayey loam and limestone from the Serravallian period, Lequio formation
- Exposure
- South-south-west
- Vineyard planting
- Vertical trellises, Guyot pruning
- Vinification
- Vinification on the skins with a submerged cap and daily pumping over; maceration continues about 10 to 15 days after alcoholic fermentation. After drawing off and first racking, malolactic fermentation and a year in oak, then 3 to 4 months in bottle before release.
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