Red
Nebbiolo d'Alba
By Maurizio Ponchione, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
Nebbiolo from the Albazzi vineyard, aged ten months in large oak casks.
Tasting notes
Good structure with tannins that are not aggressive.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Cru / vineyard
- Albazzi
- Soil
- Hilly, fertile, mixed clay and sand, mostly clay
- Harvest
- First ten days of October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 3,500 vines per hectare, planted 1988, 301 m above sea level
- Vinification
- Maceration 8 to 10 days with frequent pump-overs and delestage; aged ten months in large oak casks. About 3,500 bottles.
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