Red
Omaggio a Quintino Sella
By Tenute Sella, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's principal label, made only in the vintages the family considers best and dedicated to Quintino Sella, the Risorgimento statesman.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Lessona DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 85%, Vespolina 15%
- Production area
- Alto Piemonte, historic hills of Lessona
- Soil
- Acidic pH soils of orange-yellow Pliocene marine sands
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- First half of October
- Vineyard planting
- Hillside, 330 m above sea level, classic guyot, average vine age 75 years
- Vinification
- Selection in the vineyard and cooling of the grapes, destemming and crushing, classic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with pumping over and delestage, submerged-cap post-fermentation maceration, average maceration 45 days, malolactic fermentation during alcoholic fermentation. 36 months in medium-toast French oak (50 hl casks and barriques). Ageing potential over 30 years. About 1,500 bottles.
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