Red
Barolo
By Principiano Giuseppe e Francesco, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Critics and guides
- Award: Corona (Touring Club Italiano, Vinibuoni d'Italia 2027), vintage 2022 (source)
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A 100% Nebbiolo Barolo from Monforte and Serralunga vineyards, aged 3 years including 2 in large Slavonian oak.
Tasting notes
Intense garnet red. In youth, aromas of rose, violet and rhubarb that evolve with age into spice, pepper, nutmeg and liquorice. Warm, full, powerful and balanced with a persistent finish.
Pairs well with
Red meats (braised, roasted, grilled, on the spit), game, cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Vineyards in the communes of Monforte d'Alba and Serralunga d'Alba
- Soil
- Clay-limestone
- Exposure
- South-west and south-east
- Harvest
- By hand, first fifteen days of October
- Vineyard planting
- Classic Guyot, 300 to 400 m above sea level
- Vinification
- Emerged-cap fermentation in steel tanks with 14 to 16 days of skin maceration; malolactic fermentation at the end of fermentation. 3 years of ageing: 2 years in large 25 hl Slavonian oak casks, 12 months in stainless steel, then bottle. Alcohol 13.5% to 15% vol depending on vintage.
- Serving temperature
- 18 °C
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