Barolo Rocche di Castiglione 2011 - Vietti

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Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is a wine played on floral and spicy aspects: you can admire sweet rose petals, mint, spices and licorice. The mouth is wide and full, the structure is full and satisfying without ever losing the floreality and refinement for a second. Long and concrete finish.

wine description

It comes from Nebbiolo grapes grown in the historic Rocche di Castiglione vineyard in Castiglione Falletto on an area of 1.3 hectares; the vineyard is 46 years old with South-East exposure. The training system used is gouyot with a density of 4,600 plants per hectare and guarantees a production of about 20 hl per hectare. In the cellar the wine ferments 28 days in a steel tank in contact with the skins, of which 4 days of pre-fermentation cold maceration and 24 of fermentation and post-fermentation maceration at a temperature between 30/32 ° C. Remontages are made daily in the air with the application of an ancient system called "submerged hat". At the end of the malolactic fermentation in barriques, which lasted four weeks, the wine was transferred to oak barrels for 31 months. Bottled without filtration in July 2013

aging capacity

Wine with great evolutionary perspectives.

small tips

Taste it at a temperature of 16 ° C combined with juniper lamb.

Data sheet

Winery

Vietti

Denomination

DOCG Barolo

Variety

100% Nebbiolo

Nation

Italy

Production area

Castiglione Falletto (CN)

Region

Piedmont

Year

2011

Gradation

14,5%

Bottle

75 cl

In Vineyard

Manure as a natural fertilizer, use only copper and sulfur as a pesticide

Vinification

29 days in steel vats of contact with the skins, 4 of which are pre-fermentative cold maceration and 24 of fermentation and post-fermentation maceration at a temperature between 30/32 ° C. Malolactic fermentation in barriques

Yeast

Indigenous

Aging

at the end of the malolactic fermentation in barriques, lasting four weeks, the wine is transferred to oak barrels for 31 months

Match with

Meats

Typology

Red

Serving Temperature

Temperatura 16°C.

Premi

97/100 Falstaff Magazin, 93/100 Wine Spectator, 92/100 Cellar Tracker, 90/100 Wine Enthusiast, 16.5/20 Jancis Robinson