Red
GriXa
By Roberto Ferraris, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
A Nebbiolo made in small quantities since 2008, named after Grixa, the grey grape of old Asti farming treatises; drawn from a Turin agricultural faculty selection of old Nebbiolo clones.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Monferrato Rosso DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Estate Nebbiolo vineyard in Agliano Terme
- Soil
- Calcareous marl with a prevalence of silt and white soil
- Exposure
- South; 260 m
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; vines 15 years old
- Vinification
- Maceration with skin contact and gentle pumping over the skin cap; 15 to 18 months in 500 litre French oak tonneaux, then a year in bottle
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20 °C