Red
Cascina Crosa
By Pasquale Pelissero, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's historic Barbaresco, first bottled in 1971 by Pasquale Pelissero, from a 65-year-old Nebbiolo vineyard at Cascina Crosa.
Tasting notes
Appearance: red garnet with orange hues. Nose: rose, violet, lighter notes of black pepper. Palate: savoury, spicy, full-bodied and velvety
Pairs well with
Parmigiano Reggiano, charcuterie board, tagliatelle with truffle, pasta Bolognese, grilled lamb chops, mushroom stew, braised brisket, beef stew
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Cascina Crosa vineyard, under the Neive bell tower
- Soil
- Marl (clay and limestone)
- Exposure
- South-west
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 5,000 vines per hectare, 65 years old, 1 ha, 300 m above sea level
- Vinification
- Soft pressing, temperature-controlled fermentation for 10 to 15 days, malolactic fermentation. Aged 2 years in 25 to 30 hl French oak casks and 6 months in bottle. Bottled in August. About 4,000 bottles a year, 14% alcohol.
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