Tasting Notes
Colour: ruby red with violet reflections
Scent in 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: 4.600
Farming: Guyiot
Kg of grapes per hectare: 8500
Soil: mix, calcareous, clay and sand
Year of implant: 1979-2004-2005
Surface: 1.30 ha
Wine per hectare: 5600 lt
PRODUCTION PROCESS
Harvest: handworking
Vinifcation: traditional/submerged-cap maceration with a daily pump-over
Fining: bottle
Vintage: 2009
Aging: inox
Size / Format: 0.750 lt
Produced bottles: 1,000
Ageing potential: max after 2 yeat
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Extract: 27,2 g/l
Free SO2: 30 g/l
Total SO2: 80 g/l
Alcohol vol. (%): 13.0
Sugar rate: 2.0 g/l
Ph: 3.20
Total Acidity: 5.66 g/l
Volatile Acidity: 0.40 g/l