Red
Il Ricetto
By Tiziano Mazzoni, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
Single-variety Vespolina kept in steel for six months to preserve its spice.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Colline Novaresi DOC Vespolina
- Grape
- Vespolina 100%
- Production area
- Vineyards in Cavaglio d'Agogna and Ghemme
- Soil
- Clay
- Exposure
- South/south-west, about 280 m above sea level
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 2000, Guyot training, 4,000 vines per hectare, yield 65 quintals per hectare
- Vinification
- 6 to 8 days on the skins in steel tanks, with 3 to 4 pump-overs and punch-downs in the first days, fewer afterwards. Aged 6 months in steel, to keep the spiciness typical of Vespolina.
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