Red
Cannubi
By Michele Chiarlo, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Barolo from the producer's Cannubi parcel, an icon cru made only in excellent vintages in very limited quantities. Available in 0.75, 1.5 and 3 l.
Tasting notes
Colour: Ruby-garnet red with brilliant reflections; Nose: Intense, aristocratic, complex, with small fruits, liquorice and sweet tobacco; Palate: Enveloping and rich, with silky tannins and a sense of body and fullness
Pairs well with
Roasts, tagliolini with truffle, game, well-aged cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Cru / vineyard
- Cannubi
- Production area
- Cannubi, Barolo (about 1 ha, owned since 1989)
- Soil
- A mixture of Tortonian and Helvetian calcareous marl, basic pH, over 30% sand, poor in organic matter and rich in microelements such as iron and magnesium
- Exposure
- South, south-west; 240 m
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1958-1990; terraced with grassed banks
- Vinification
- Fermented 20 days on the skins in 55 hl oak vats with gentle "shower" wetting of the cap at 30-27 C; malolactic in vat. Minimum 3 years of ageing, 2 of them in medium-sized oak casks, then bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 18 C
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