Red
FZ
By Vaira Aurelj, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Nebbiolo from Vergne that cannot be sold as Barolo; first made in 2020. About 6,100 bottles (2023).
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Vino Rosso
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100% (Lampia clone)
- Production area
- Vergne, San Pozio
- Soil
- Calcareous, clay, sand
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- Hand-picked in 20 kg crates
- Vineyard planting
- 0.60 ha, 350 m above sea level, vines about 20 years old
- Vinification
- 30% whole clusters in steel, 70% destemmed whole berries without crushing; indigenous yeasts in cement; 12 months in large Slavonian oak botte, then 6 months in cement; at least 6 months in bottle; no fining, no filtration
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