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Barolo Villero
Variety
100% Nebbiolo
Vineyard
Location: Castiglione Falletto, Plot 7, Sub-plot 132
Characteristics: 240 meters above sea level, southeastern exposure, 2.7 x 0.9 meters spacing, 4,300 vines/hectare density, Guyot upward-trained vertical-trellised training system.
Age: 50 years
Size: 0.8 hectares
Yield: 60 quintals/hectarea
Harvesting period
First 10 days of October
Production
3,500 bottles
Vinification
Great care taken over the cultivation of the vineyard, rigorous manual selection of grapes in the vineyard and in the winery, destemming-crushing, fermentation and maceration. Malolactic fermentation follows in December.
Maturing
100% in 20-hectoliter oak barrels for 30 months. Bottling takes place at the end of the summer, with a further year of bottle ageing before release on the market.
Sensory characteristics
Garnet-red color, offering intriguing and dense impressions of violets, red fruits, cocoa and liquorice on the nose. Complex tannic texture, but emerging with a delicate soft finish.
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