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Pizzini L'Aquila Nebbiolo 2023

$65.00
$65.00

Classic Nebbiolo colour, garnet with a deep brick red hue. On the nose, the wine displays typical Nebbiolo characters of rose petal and violets, with strawberry, cherry and cedar notes balancing the nose. The palate is elegant but with complex structure. On the palate, dark fruits, spiced plums, chocolate and subtle mandarin lead us to fine elegant tannins, and a soft but lingering finish.

Winemaking

Since 2003, we have developed new plantings of Nebbiolo with a clone called 220. We had noticed that our best fruit was coming from dry ridges, so our new plantings have been on premier ridge sites. The resulting wines have been richer in colour and concentration of flavour. The grapes for this wine were hand harvested then crushed and de-stemmed. Fermentation started immediately and the juice was inoculated with a yeast strain form Barolo (a region famous for producing Nebbiolo). Fermentation lasted for about five days before the wine was lightly pressed and then allowed to finish fermentation in oak barrels where polymerising helps to soften and round the tannins. Finally, the wine went through malolactic fermentation and was then aged in barrel for 20 months.

Maturation

Type of oak (%): Gamba, Fontainebleau 50%, Jupillies 25%, Allier 20%, Nevers 5%
Oak Age: 20 % New oak
Oak toasting: 100% medium
Fining agent: Light egg white fining
Filtration: cross flow

Final Analysis

Alcohol: 13% Alc/Vol
pH: 3.59
Acid: 6.39g/L


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