Red
Ruri
By Renzo Seghesio, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A Langhe Nebbiolo from the lower part of the Pajana vineyard on the Ginestra side, with a mainly western exposure.
Tasting notes
Intense garnet colour. Red fruit, redcurrant, cherry, marjoram, liquorice and spice. Fresh, silky and balanced, with creamy tannins.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Nebbiolo
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Pajana della Ginestra, Monforte d'Alba (lower portion)
- Soil
- Calcareous, rich in tufa
- Exposure
- West
- Harvest
- Mid-October, by hand
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 4,500 vines per hectare
- Vinification
- Destemmed and gently crushed, with 20% whole berries. Fermentation of 16 to 20 days (17 on the tech sheet). Aged 8 months in tonneaux (Troncais and Bertranges) then 12 months in 3,200-litre Slavonian oak barrels per the page; the tech sheet says about 20 months in Slavonian oak. 14.32% alcohol, 55 q/ha yield.
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- Barolo del Comune di Monforte, Barolo DOCG
- Ca´d´Nalin, Barolo DOCG
- Ginestra, Barolo DOCG
- Pajanella, Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Roè, Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC
- San Bernardino, Roero Arneis DOCG
- Vigna Pajana, Barolo DOCG