Tasting Notes:
This wine displays deep garnet red shades with bright hues. The bouquet is intense and complex, with red fruit aromas and floral and spicy notes. This wine shows the elegance and charm that only Nebbiolo grapes can offer with flavours that are robust, rich and austere.
Vineyards:
Fruit for this wine is grown in the 1.13 hectare Parafada vineyard, situated at an altitude of 330 metres above sea level. The chalky, marl soil in this south-facing vineyard produces excellent quality grapes. The vineyard is protected from the wind by a ridge formation which helps the grapes ripen fully even in cooler vintages. The vines are Guyot trained and are planted at a density of 5,800 vines per hectare and the yield 4.5 tonnes per hectare. The average age of these vines is 55 years.
Vinification:
Fermentation took place at the temperatures between 31-33°C for 15 days. The wine was then aged in 500-700 litre barrels and partly in 225 litre barriques for around 30 months before bottling. The wine remained in bottle for a further year before release.
