Red
Essenze
By Vite Colte, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A single-commune Barolo from Monforte d'Alba, grown on Diano Sandstone soils and aged 24 months in oak.
Tasting notes
Colour: red, tending towards garnet. Bouquet: intense and complex, with notes of dried flowers such as rose and violet, and spices like vanilla and tobacco. Palate: dry and warm with good body, a long finish of ripe fruit and berries joined by balsamic notes.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barolo del Comune di Monforte d'Alba DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Municipality of Monforte d'Alba, at altitudes between 370 and 480 metres above sea level.
- Soil
- Marine sedimentary origin dating to the Piedmont Tertiary Basin, sedimentary calcareous clay marl alternating with sand or sandstone, with a prevalence of Diano Sandstone.
- Vinification
- Alcoholic fermentation follows harvest, with maceration on skins for about 20 days. Malolactic fermentation takes place in steel. The wine ages in small oak barrels for 24 months, followed by a further twelve months in the bottle before release.
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