White
Antica Novella
By Silvano Bolmida, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A Sauvignon Blanc from the Novella hamlet of Monforte d'Alba, aged on fine lees in steel with a small part in tonneaux. About 5,000 bottles are made.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Sauvignon Blanc
- Grape
- Sauvignon Blanc 100%
- Production area
- Novella, the southernmost hamlet of the commune of Monforte d'Alba
- Soil
- Sandy sediments typical of the Barolo area, the fossil-rich sandy Marne di Sant'Agata
- Harvest
- By hand, vine by vine, with full ripeness generally reached by mid-September
- Vineyard planting
- About 80% 10-year-old Sauvignon Blanc vines; the rest comes from old Dolcetto vines grafted over to Sauvignon Blanc in summer 2013. About 5,000 bottles produced.
- Vinification
- After destemming, soft pressing of the berries; the must rests in steel for 10 days before alcoholic fermentation, then 12 months in steel at 10 °C on fine lees. Depending on the vintage, 20 to 30% ages about 9 months in tonneaux.
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