Terre del Barolo - Barolo Riserva 2016
- Producer Terre del Barolo
- Blend 100% Nebbiolo
- Country Italy
- Region Piemonte
- Appellation Barolo
- UPC 0 15643 49469 7
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Item# 83270-16
Tasting notes
This has aromas evoking rose petal, forest floor and a whiff of tobacco. The sleek palate delivers crushed raspberry, clove and white pepper alongside lithe tannins and fresh acidity.
Description
Growing locations: Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Cherasco,
Diano d’Alba, Grinzane Cavour, La Morra, Monforte d’Alba, Novello,
Serralunga d’Alba, Verduno, Roddi
Soil: calcareous clay
Vine training: vertical trellis with Guyot pruning
Picking: 100% by hand
Harvest: October
Maximum yield: 8 tons/ha
Soil: calcareous clay
Vine training: vertical trellis with Guyot pruning
Picking: 100% by hand
Harvest: October
Maximum yield: 8 tons/ha
Food pairing
pasta dishes with mushroom or cheese sauces, or served with Alba white truffle, red meat and game stews and pot roasts, mature cheeses.
Vinification
Destemming and crushing in a protected atmosphere; alcoholic fermentation at a controlled temperature (28-30 C) on the skins for a total of around 16-20 days, with targeted racking and returning maximizing the extraction of color, aroma and tannic structure. Following the malolactic fermentation, the wine is transferred into oak.
