

Very lively ruby color with garnet reflections. Persistent and pleasant bouquet with notes of rose hips and peach pit. In the mouth, good roundness balanced by typical tannins.
Municipality: Monforte d'Alba
Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
Year of planting: 1998 - 2007
Soil: clayey
Exposure: south, south-west, south-east
Altitude: from 200 to 450 meters s.l.m.
Slope: 25% to 45%
Breeding system: Guyot
Density of planting: 4,500 / 5,000 per hectare
Harvest: manual harvesting and selection at the beginning of mid-October
Average production: 70 q / ha - 50 hl / ha
Vinification: alcoholic fermentation and maceration in contact with the skins in steel horizontal vats for 6 - 8 days
Aging: 10 months in French oak barrels of second passage
First harvest: 1984
Bottles produced: around 30,000