| Country |
Italy |
| Region |
Piedmont |
| Wine Type |
Red |
| Grape Variety |
Nebbiolo |
| Vineyard Location |
Monforte d’Alba, altitude roughly 400 meters above the sea level |
| Soil |
Medium mixture, clay, silty, sandy |
| Training System |
Guyot |
| Vine Density |
4,000 vines per hectar |
| Yield Per Hectare |
7,2 tons per hectar |
| Vineyard Size |
1.5 ha |
| Annual Production (Bottles) |
2200 |
| Harvest |
Manual, 1st 10 days of October |
| Vinification |
20-25 days of skin contact in stainless steel tanks |
| Aging |
3 years in large Slovenian oak barrels |
| Organic Certifications |
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| Environmentally Friendly |
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| Alcohol Vol |
14.5% |
| Sugar Content |
0,86 g/l |
| Acidty |
6,06 g/l |
| Sulfphite content |
61 mg/l |
| Perlage |
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| Color |
Garnet-ruby red, orange rims |
| Aroma |
Complex, unique elegance. Ripe red fruit, meaty, bark, wet leaves, liquirice, leather, sweet spicies like vanilla, cloves and cinnamon. Occasionally balsamic and/or truffle scents with evolution. |
| Taste |
High full acidity, high smooth, fine and mineral tannins. Fine complex aroma with great resonaonce nose-palate, full body, pronounced and long. Very elegant and yet an easy sip. |
| Taste Abbreviated |
Full body, elegant, pronounced, balaced and structured |
| Food Pairing |
Fine meat recepies, particularly beef. Fine cut grilled beef with freshely shaved white Alba truffle. Game and venison. Fine mature cheeses |
| Food Paring Abbreviated |
Fine meat recepies, (topped with truffle) Game, mature cheeses |
| Suggested Cuisine Style |
Italian, French, Mexican, Caribbeean, Mediterranean, American, Brasilian, Argentinian, Japanese |
| Serving Temperature |
18° C |
| Sediment Traces |
Natural sediments may occur |
| Type Of Cork |
Natural cork |
| Standard Bottle Size (L) |
0.75 l |
| Carton Size |
6 Bottles Per Carton |
| Bottle Orientation in Carton |
Horizontal |
| Association |
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