Red
Iago
By Mura Mura, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Iago is Mura Mura's most complex Barbaresco, a blend of 100% Nebbiolo from the estate's Curra, Starderi and Serragrilli crus in Neive, aiming for harmony and immediacy.
Tasting notes
Tradition, balance, depth.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Curra, Starderi, Serragrilli (blend)
- Production area
- Neive, Langhe, approx. 270 m a.s.l.
- Soil
- Clay-silty soils with calcareous marl and a good presence of calcium carbonate
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, density approx. 4500 vines/ha, yield 28-32 hl/ha depending on vintage, often reduced by green harvest (salasso). Farmed under SQNPI protocols.
- Vinification
- The three crus are vinified separately in 50 hl French oak tini, with 10-15 days of skin maceration and gentle pump-overs, fermentation temperature kept below 26C for delicate colour/tannin extraction, then drawn off 'to taste' and blended. Aged 12 months in approx. 50 hl French oak barrels, then a further 14 months in 400 litre ceramic amphorae, followed by 6 months in bottle.
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