Red
Boca
By Tenute Guardasole, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
Boca DOC from the estate's south-facing Traversagna vineyards, 80% Nebbiolo and 20% Vespolina, aged 34 months. Alcohol 13.5-14.5%.
Tasting notes
Red with garnet reflections, a fine and ethereal nose, and an elegant, fresh, savoury and pleasantly tannic palate.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Boca DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 80%, Vespolina 20%
- Production area
- Traversagna, road to Boca; 460-490 m above sea level
- Soil
- Rocky soil of volcanic origin, made of flaking red, pink and orange porphyry
- Exposure
- South
- Harvest
- First ten days of October, by hand in 15 kg crates
- Vineyard planting
- Maximum yield 80 quintals per hectare with hand selection of the best bunches; single guyot pruned with the Simonit & Sirch method
- Vinification
- Fermentation in stainless steel tanks, then maceration for about 25 days. Aged 34 months, at least 18 of them in oak barrels.
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