Technical features

• Appellation:Coste della Sesia Nebbiolo DOC
• Grape varieties:Nebbiolo 100%
• Characteristics of the vineyards:North-East Piedmont (Alto Piemonte), exclusively on the hills of the Cascina Chignalungo estate (Municipality of Lessona), on land registered as Lessona DOC – East and South-West areas of the property.
• Soil:fluvioglacial gravelly-sandy coarse and heterometric fluvioglacial soils, deeply altered and partly loose, surmounted by loessic, silty-clayey summit levels. Acidic soils (pH 4.5-5.4) with an orange, yellow and dark brown colour. They are rich in minerals such as manganese and iron, which strongly influence the taste characteristics of the wine.
• Harvest:Careful and strict manual harvesting of the grapes in the vineyard, in boxes of 7-9 kg capacity, followed by further selection in the cellar.
• Vinification:after careful sorting on a vibrating table, destemming and soft crushing takes place, with the berries falling into temperature-controlled steel tanks. Start of fermentation, and maceration on the skins for 7-10 days at a maximum controlled temperature of 28° celsius, repeating punching down and pumping over about twice a day.
• Aging:the wine is racked and matured in wood for about 7 years, followed by bottling and further ageing in the bottle.
• Alcohol content:14% vol
• Serving temperature:18-20°C and uncork the bottle 1-2 hours before use.