Red
Nebbiolo d'Alba
By Valdinera, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
Estate Nebbiolo d'Alba, first made in 1989; about 15,000 bottles a year at 14%.
Tasting notes
Deep ruby. Intense, ethereal, wild berries. Dry and soft with sweet tannins.
Pairs well with
Red meat and game dishes
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Corneliano d'Alba (CN)
- Soil
- Marine origin, medium mixture, clayey
- Harvest
- Second half of October, by hand
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1975-1995; 3.5 ha on a hill at 320-350 m; Guyot training; 3,400 vines per hectare; yield 75 q/ha
- Vinification
- Destemming, soft pressing, 15-18 days maceration in temperature-controlled stainless steel at 28 C. A few months in large barrel, bottled several months after harvest, then a few months in bottle
- Serving temperature
- 18 C
- Storage
- Lying down in the dark in a dry cellar; ageing potential 8-10 years
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