White
Bricco Cappellina
By Voerzio Martini, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Langhe Arneis from Castellinaldo d'Alba, 100% Arneis on sandy soil at 280 m, fermented cold in autoclave.
Tasting notes
Very bright straw yellow with green shades. Fresh, harmonious nose of white peach and passion fruit with citrus notes and delicate, slightly vegetal touches. Intense, fresh and very aromatic, with a good sour-sweet balance, ripe yellow melon, strong sapidity and rising mineral notes.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Arneis
- Grape
- Arneis 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Bricco Cappellina
- Production area
- Castellinaldo d'Alba
- Soil
- Sandy. Altitude 280 m.
- Exposure
- South West to West
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1982, Guyot training, 5,000 vines per hectare. Manual thinning keeps only the best grapes.
- Vinification
- Hand harvest in small crates. 12 hours of cold cryomaceration on the crushed grapes with dry ice, then alcoholic fermentation in autoclave at 15 to 16 C to limit contact with oxygen. Post-fermentation operations under nitrogen.
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