VINIFICATION
Harvest period: mid-October.
The fermentation lasts about 28 days with daily pumping over and délestage in the middle of the period (vinification in concrete tanks).
Aging in 25 and 50 hl French oak barrels from the Fontainebleau Forest (from 18 to 36 months depending on the vintage).
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VINEYARD
Grape variety: 100% Nebbiolo
Geographic location: Serra / Serralunga d'Alba
Vines planted: 1984/1996/2003
System: Guyot
Exposure: EAST / SOUTH-EAST
Alcoholic content: 14,0% vol.
Production: 5800 bottles
First year of production: 2004
Tasting Notes Giuseppe De Siena
Perfumes: the sense of smell is important, austere, intact, with a severe initial expression, then spreading into gradually cleaner and brighter notes. Blackberry, forest fruits, coffee beans, licorice, then violet, cherry and raspberry pulp. Important balsamic texture that characterizes the bouquet right away and over the years.
Palate: taste, power and structure of a leading player. Savory flavor, dense but precise tannins, long persistence.
Pairings: lamb with juniper, hare with civet, Piedmontese stew (Serving temp .: 16 ° -18 ° C).
