Red
Il Favot
By Poderi Aldo Conterno, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Langhe Nebbiolo from younger Bussia vines, with short skin contact (6 to 8 days) that gives a well-coloured wine of marked softness, according to the producer.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Nebbiolo
- Grape
- Nebbiolo (Michet and Lampia varieties)
- Production area
- Different vineyards in Bussia, Monforte d'Alba
- Harvest
- Mid-October, by hand, with grape selection in the vineyard
- Vineyard planting
- Vineyards replanted periodically, maximum age 15 years.
- Vinification
- Red vinification with skin contact in stainless steel vats for only 6 to 8 days, at 24 to 26 C, to extract fewer tannins and more colour. After a few months in steel and several rackings, the wine goes into oak casks for a few months, then is bottled. Red wines are neither clarified nor filtered (estate level).
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