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Barbaresco Rio Sordo 

VARIETAL
100% Nebbiolo

NOTES
FARMING: Certified Organic

SOIL: Chalky Marl

VINEYARD: Rio Sordo in Barbaresco, with a south/southwest orientation on limestone soil with some sand. The top of the Rio Sordo vineyard, which literally means deaf or silent river, runs parallel to the Tanaro river (just to the northwest). It’s essentially an underground river: as they search for the water below, the roots of the vines are forced to dig through the chalky marl and in turn render the rich fruit necessary to make fine wine.
The wines of Rio Sordo are softer than the more potent wines on the northside of the valley, and the wines don’t take as long to “come around".

VINIFICATION: Manual harvest. The skins remained in contact with the must during the first fermentation that lasted for 12-14 days, followed by a submerged cap maceration. After the alcoholic fermentation, malolactic fermentation was completed in the cellar at temperature of 20° C. Aging is in traditional Slavonian oak cask of 10-17 hl for 22 months and matured in the bottle for at least 8 months. No filtration or clarification before bottling.