NEBBIOLO D'ALBA
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| Denomination: |
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata) |
| Typology: |
Red structured wine. |
| Production Area: |
In Piedmont, exclusively in the Monteu Roero region on the hill called "Occhetti". |
| Soil: |
Calcareous hilly ground. |
| Grapes: |
Nebbiolo al 100% |
| Harvest: |
Mid-october |
| Alcohol: |
14% Vol. |
| Service temperature: |
16°C - 18°C |
| Yield per hectare: |
6,000 kilos of grapes. |
| Bottles produced: |
10,000 |
| Vinification: |
Destemming and crushing of the grapes, maceration at 32°C for 12
days, pressing, racking, aging for 18 months, then
bottling. Clarifications or filtrations aren't done. |
| Maturation: |
16 months in French oak barrique. |
| Aging: |
3 months in bottle before sale. |
| Colour: |
Red con light-red reflections. |
| Aroma: |
Delicate, very refined, with dried flowers and vanilla hints. |
| Flavour: |
Tannic but soft, almost seem sweet, very complex and persistent. |
| Food Matches: |
Game meat, braised and roasted meat, cheeses. |
| Conservation: |
In the dark, in a lay-down bottle at 10° - 12°C with 75% of humidity. |
| Annotations: |
It's a very refined and structurated wine, with a low level of acidity.
Improves in the first 4-5 years and, if is well preserved, it last many years. |
| Price in wine shop: |
12€ |
