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Deep garnet red. Bouquet is intense, very complex, offering a wide range of notes; with remarkable red fruit combined with floral and spicy hints Especially after a few years of ageing. Flavour is robust, rich and austere. It perfectly reflects the great complexity of the soil in Serralunga d'Alba.
Made from Nebbiolo grapes grown in the Parafada vineyard in Serralunga d’Alba. Altitude: 330 m above sea level. Total surface area: 1.13 hectares. Soil composition: marl, limestone and sand. Training system and vine density: traditional Guyot, with about 5,800 vines per hectare.
Yield per hectare: 4.5 tonnes. Average age of vines: 55 years Harvest: manual, in the second half of October. First year of production: 1990. Total bottles produced: 4,500 750 ml bottles, 100 1.5 l bottles, 50 3 l bottles, and 30 5 l bottles.
Alcohol content: 13.5-14.5% by Vol. (depending on the vintage). Vinification and ageing: traditional Barolo, 15-20 days of fermentation and maceration at 31-33° C; aged in oak barrels for about 30 months and left to mature in bottles placed in special, dark, cool cellars for at least a year.
Note: the age of the vineyard, the splendid exposure due south and the ridge protected from the wind give us grapes of absolute excellence.
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