Red
Debarges
By Le Marie, Pinerolese, Piemonte, Italy
A 100% Nebbiolo from Assarti, aged about 18 months in large oak casks. About 5,500 to 6,000 bottles a year, 14% vol.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with light garnet reflections, brilliant and slightly transparent. Floral notes of rose and violet, some dried, with wild strawberry, raspberry and cherry jam, spice (chocolate, clove, black pepper, nutmeg). Warm, with marked but soft tannins, savoury and fresh, with a persistent floral and balsamic finish.
Pairs well with
Meat dishes with complex or savoury preparations such as braises or game; aged cheeses such as Castelmagno (not blue cheeses).
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Pinerolese DOC Rosso
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Vineyards in the municipality of Barge, hamlet of Assarti
- Harvest
- By hand into small crates of about 20 kg
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; maximum yield 60 quintals per hectare
- Vinification
- Sorting of the grapes, destemming and crushing, about 5 to 7 days of maceration with careful punching down and pumping over to avoid harsh or green tannins, malolactic fermentation, then about 18 months in 2,500-litre oak casks.
- Serving temperature
- 16 degrees
- Storage
- Keep at 12 to 18 degrees to preserve the aromas
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