Red
Langhe Nebbiolo
By Tenuta Rocca, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Nebbiolo from Monforte d'Alba, aged 6 to 8 months in small Allier oak barrels.
Tasting notes
Medium-intensity garnet red. Delicate, floral, ethereal and fruity nose. Soft tannic texture supported by the acidity of wild berries.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Nebbiolo
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Monforte d'Alba (CN)
- Soil
- Sandy Sant'Agata marls (Tortonian), young deep soils with good water availability made up of calcareous sandy-silty marls
- Exposure
- South, southwest, 380 m
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; organic fertilisation and compost, mechanical weeding; certified organic
- Vinification
- Shoot and early bunch thinning during ripening, bunch selection at harvest. Traditional red vinification, fermentation at 28-30 C in steel tanks. Aged 6 to 8 months in small Allier oak barrels.
- Serving temperature
- 15-17 °C
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