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Vines

Variety:100% dolcetto

Density: 4.500 vines per hectare

Trellis system: Guyot

 

Vineyards

Area: Vicoforte Commune

Altitude: 450/550 m above sea level

Soil: marly / clayey / calcareous

Aspect: south-east, south, south-west

Area under vine: 2 hectares, estate-owned

Year of planting: 1968/2001

Yield per hectare: 5 tonnes

 

Wine

First year of production: 1996

Bottles produced: 2.000 (approx.)

Acidity: 5,5

 

Harvest method

Vigna del Vescovo is a wine produced with the best grapes in the vineyard, carefully hand-selected at the beginning of harvest.

 

Winemaking

The juice is fermented in temperature-controlled steel tanks (28°C) for about 8 days with pumpovers twice daily. After 7/8 days, following pressing, the wine undergoes malolactic fermentation by maintaining the temperature until its conclusion. 
Maturation takes place in steel tanks for the first three months, then the wine is aged in French oak barrels of 300 litres up to the bottling usually in July. 
After bottling, the Vigna del Vescovo is kept in the cellar for six months to ensure the perfect balance of taste and smell. It is released to the market at the beginning of autumn. 

 

Characteristics of the wine

The color is bright, a seductive ruby red with intense violet hues, almost impenetrable. 
It has aromas of raspberries, plums, cherries and spices. 
In the mouth it is a full-bodied wine, round, full, pleasantly tannic and balanced. 
Multifaceted in its pairing potential, it can be the perfect accompaniment with many things, from meats to cheeses, from antipasti to pasta, but it can also be a surprisingly good pairing with some varieties of fish.