Ethereal nebbiolo, satisfyingly meaty, from Piedmont's Alpine north.
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Grape varieties: Nebbiolo (80%), Vespolina (15% ) and Croatina (5%)
Region: Piedmont
Appellation: Costa della Sesia
Soils: Lessona vineyards are marine sands from the pliocene period on igneous rock, mixed with more recent glacial sediment. Bramaterra has pebbles on a base of igneous rock, which is close to the surface and veined with china clay.
Vine age: 40 years
Farming: Practicing organic. Hand-harvested estate fruit.
Vinification: Destemmed and gently pressed then fed by gravity into the fermentation tank. Fermentation with natural yeasts in open topped wooden fermenters. Skin maceration lasts 23 days, with regular punch-downs. The wine then remains 12 months sur lie.
Aging: 22 months in a mix of barrique, barrel and 15-hectolier oval casks
