Red

Vigna Rionda

By Roagna, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy

Roagna Vigna Rionda

Made from 2003 to 2006 in collaboration with grower Tommaso Canale from his plot in the Vigna Rionda cru, about 8,000 bottles a year; the collaboration ended with his death in 2010.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Barolo DOCG
Grape
Nebbiolo
Cru / vineyard
Vigna Rionda
Production area
Vigna Rionda MGA, Serralunga d'Alba, from a plot owned by grower Tommaso Canale.
Soil
Rich in white limestone marl.
Vineyard planting
Old vines, planted up until the end of the collaboration in 2010.
Vinification
Each vineyard is picked once the grapes reach full physiological maturity, judged by the ripeness of the pips; harvest is by hand into small crates, and the fruit is given two manual selections before vinification. Fermentation runs about ten days in wooden vats with a pied de cuve of indigenous yeasts, followed by an ancient submerged-cap maceration of about 60 to 70 days, then roughly five years of ageing in neutral oak and concrete vats.

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