Red
Langhe Nebbiolo
By Moccagatta, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Made from the lower parts of the Nebbiolo vineyards and the youngest vines, after a short ageing in oak. The most ready-to-drink of the estate's Nebbiolo wines.
Tasting notes
Elegant but with character; good body.
Pairs well with
Rich, savoury dishes.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Nebbiolo
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Production area
- Lower parts of the Nebbiolo vineyards and younger vines
- Soil
- Gray and bluish limestone marl, sand
- Exposure
- West, south, north-east, 240 to 300 m
- Harvest
- End of September to beginning of October
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1971, 1972, 2014 and 2018; 1.3 ha; 4,000 plants per ha; 70 quintals per ha; about 8,000 bottles
- Vinification
- Fermented in thermo-conditioned steel tanks. Aged 6 months in French oak barriques.
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