Red
Casteltorto
By Tenute Sella, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
A local wine in a modern reading, from Bramaterra-area grapes vinified in large Slavonian oak vats.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Coste della Sesia DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 60%, Croatina 35%, Vespolina 5%
- Production area
- Alto Piemonte, estate vineyards in Villa del Bosco
- Soil
- Acidic pH soils of red-brown volcanic porphyry sands
- Exposure
- South-west / south-east
- Harvest
- Early October
- Vineyard planting
- Hillside, 300 m above sea level, classic guyot, average vine age 15 years
- Vinification
- Destemming and crushing, classic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with pumping over and delestage, average maceration 21 days, malolactic fermentation in wood the following spring. 14 months in Slavonian oak casks. Ageing potential over 15 years. About 1,000 bottles.
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