2016 Lessona

The 2016 vintage began with a mild winter, followed by a cool and wet spring with a few hailstorms in April in the Bramaterra area of Brusnengo. The summer was dry and mild with plenty of sunshine. Thanks to the warm and dry September, the grapes reached perfect ripeness and arrived on the sorting table healthy and juicy. The harvest began in the first week of October. 2016 is a vintage with lower yields, which promises very aromatic, elegant wines full of minerality and freshness. Minerality and freshness. Vineyards: The grapes for this wine come from the Ormeggio and Castagnola vineyards in Lessona in the Orolungo region, from the Covà vineyard in Castello and from the Monfalcone vineyards. Soil: In the Lessona vineyards, the soils consist of marine sands from the Pliocene on igneous rock, mixed with younger glacial sediments. The soils are acidic (pH 4.5 - 5.5), rich in minerals and trace elements such as iron, manganese, aluminum and zinc. Vinification: The grapes are sorted on the conveyor belt, destemmed and gently pressed. pressed and then gravity fed into the fermentation tank. Fermentation with natural yeasts in open wooden fermentation vats. Maceration lasts 28 days, with regular punching down of the cap. The wine then remains sur lie for 18 months. Maturation: The wine matures for 35 months in barrels and 15-hectoliter oval barrels. Bottling: September 18, 2019. Further maturation in the bottle for some time before release.

Grape variety: Nebbiolo

Classification: Denominazione di Origine Controllata
Taste: dry
Ageing: Barrel ageing
Alcohol content: 14% vol.
Acidity: 5.90 g/l
Residual sugar: g/l
Allergen information: Contains sulphites.

Bottler, importer: Proprietà Sperino, Soc. Agr. Vigneti De Marchi Di De Marchi Paolo Ec, Via Orolungo 38, 13853 Lessona, IT