Red
Curra
By Mura Mura, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Curra is a 100% Nebbiolo Barbaresco from the historic, 0.69-hectare Curra cru in Neive.
Tasting notes
Redcurrant, criollo chocolate, orange blossom. A wine that represents the perfect meeting point of elegance and power, depth and aromatic clarity, with a marked mineral character.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Curra
- Production area
- Neive, 270 m a.s.l., 0.69 hectares
- Soil
- Medium sandy clay-loam, calcareous
- Exposure
- West
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, density 4500 vines/ha. Farmed under SQNPI protocols.
- Vinification
- Pre-fermentation bleed (salasso) of 5-15% depending on vintage; fermentation in 50 hl French oak tini, 12-15 days skin maceration with daily gentle pump-overs, maximum fermentation temperature 26C; malolactic fermentation also in 50 hl French oak tini. Aged 12 months in 10 hl French oak barrels, then a further 12 months in 400 litre ceramic amphorae, followed by at least 6 months in bottle.
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