Tasting Notes
Colour: ruby red with violet reflections
Perfume: winey, pleasant and characteristic
Flavour: dry, pleasantly bitterish, moderately acid and harmonious with a good body
Best served at: 18°C
Food matches: classic wine for all opportunities, it is optimus for appetizers, light first dishes and fresh cheese
VINEYARD
Production area: Monforte d’Alba, Loc. Gramolere, Cuneo, Piemonte
Height o.s.l.: 450 mt
Sun exposure: south-west
Vines per hectare: 4600
Farming: Guyot
Kg of grapes per hectare: 85
Soil: mix (calcareous, clayey, sandy)
Year of implant: 1979 – 2004 – 2005
Surface: 1,30
Wine per hectare: 63 q
PRODUCTION PROCESS
Harvest: Handworking
Vinifcation: traditional/submerged-cap maceration with a daily pump-over
Fining: bottle
Vintage: 2008
Aging: inox
Size / Format: 0,750 – Bordolese
Produced bottles: 600
Ageing potential: max after 2 years
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Extract: 28 g/l
Free SO2: 48 g/l
Total SO2: 90 g/l
Alcohol vol. (%): 13%
Sugar rate: 20 g/l
Ph: 3.20
Total Acidity: 5.60 g/l
Volatile Acidity: 0,40 g/l