Red
Cianin da Stiva
By Mario Costa, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
The Superiore line Nebbiolo d'Alba from Canale, aged 24 months in large Slavonian oak casks and 6 months in bottle.
Tasting notes
Structured, harmonious and persistent, gently tannic with notes of vanilla. Intense ruby red. Aromas of blackcurrant, strawberry and raspberry.
Pairs well with
First courses with meat sauces, mushroom dishes, medium-aged cheeses, poultry, rabbit and game.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nebbiolo d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Canale, Roero, 320 m a.s.l.
- Soil
- Sandy, with a strong siliceous component (producer text)
- Exposure
- South
- Harvest
- By hand, mid October
- Vineyard planting
- Counter-espalier (controspalliera) training, Guyot pruning
- Vinification
- Soft destemming, fermentation in stainless steel with selected yeasts at controlled temperature and 15 days of maceration on the skins with frequent pump-overs and délestage. Ages 24 months in 10 hl Slavonian oak casks, then 6 months in bottle laid down.
- Serving temperature
- Room temperature
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