Red
Castelletto
By Poderi Gianni Gagliardo, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Castelletto is an east-facing Monforte d'Alba cru at the mouth of a narrow, biodiverse valley, giving it a particularly cool microclimate with strong temperature swings; the soil stays damp long after rain, so picking dates must be chosen carefully, and the vineyard always yields very small bunches.
Tasting notes
Ripe red fruit, pomegranate, papaya, dried fruit and lavender; spicy notes and great balance on the palate, persistent and articulated.
Pairs well with
Lasagne alla bolognese (Italy), bacon-wrapped baked meatballs (USA), Korean beef seaweed soup, Miyeok-guk (Asia).
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Cru / vineyard
- Castelletto
- Production area
- Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- Clay soil with a good quantity of limestone, mostly in the upper part of the vineyard; poor in organic substance, which tends to mineralize
- Exposure
- East
- Harvest
- Around 9-14 October (as recorded for the 2020 and 2021 vintages)
- Vineyard planting
- 1.72 ha at 250 m asl, 8,279 vines, clones 142-230 and Gagliardo mass selection; the Castelletto MGA totals 128 ha across 15 owners
- Vinification
- 12-day maceration, full malolactic fermentation, aged in a 25 hL cask of mixed French and Slavonian oak, bottled July 2024
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