Red
Bujeu
By Paolo Berta, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
A Nebbiolo-led blend with Barbera from the Bujeu vineyards at 270 m, 6 months in new French barriques.
Tasting notes
Intense violet ruby red. Vinous with fruity notes; cherry and strawberry, balanced and lively, good body and soft structure.
Pairs well with
Pasta with meat sauces, cold cuts, roasts, white and boiled meats, medium-mature cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Monferrato DOC Rosso
- Grape
- Nebbiolo, Barbera
- Production area
- Nizza Monferrato (AT)
- Soil
- Marl, sands and sandstone
- Harvest
- Hand harvest in October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; vines 18 years old; about 5,000 vines per hectare; 270 m
- Vinification
- Destemmed and gently pressed, fermented at 26 to 28 °C, then 6 months in new 225 l French oak barriques. Malolactic fully completed.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18 °C
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