Technical features

• Appellation:Coste della Sesia DOC
• Grape varieties:Nebbiolo 100%
• Characteristics of the vineyards:in the Cascina Chignalungo Estate (Municipality of Lessona), facing southeast to southwest, 290 meters above sea level, average 5000 vines per hectare
• Soil:fluvioglacial gravelly-sandy coarse and heterometric soils ,deeply altered and partly loose, surmounted by loessic, silty-clay summit levels. Acidic soils (pH 4.5-5.4) with generous mineral richness such as manganese and iron, orange,yellow and dark brown in color.
• Harvest:careful and strict manual harvesting of grapes in the vineyard ,in minute boxes of 7-9 kg capacity and subsequent further selection in the cellar.
• Vinification:after careful sorting on a vibrating table, destemming and soft crushing takes place, dropping the grapes into temperature-controlled steel tanks. Start of spontaneous fermentation, and maceration on the skins for 7-10 days at a maximum controlled temperature below 28° celsius,repeating about twice a day punching down and pumping over.
• Aging:the wine is racked and matured in oval barrels with a capacity of 15 – 25 Hl (Austrian oak-) as well as in some barriques, for at least 12 months. Then it is bottled and goes through the proper aging period in the bottle, about 12 months at least.
• Alcohol content:13% vol
• Serving temperature: 18-20° C uncork the bottle 1-2 hours before its useGood structure, harmonious and velvety wine, natural elegance of Nebbiolo from Lessona.