Cascina Costabella - Piémont
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Langhe Nebbiolo DOC  

Vine, nature of the soil :

Nebbiolo 100% . Compound soil sand 16%, lime 59% and Clay 25%.The The Nebbiolo covers two small vineyards recently planted. Both of the plots are exposed to the south-east, at an altitude that goes from450 a500 mt. s. l. m.

Harvesting, levinification and refinement :

The harvest is carried out manually after the first ten days of October with a thorough Sort by the bunches.It is placed in steel tanks with control of the Fermentation temperature (25/30°C). It is found after 7/8 days and the malolactic is induced and completed with the maintenance of the temperature before of the winter. It is bottled toward the end of August, to be  put on sale 50, 60 days later.

Characteristics of the wine :

Of color ruby red more or less clear, tending to orange with the ageing. Gentle scent, elegant, with a hint of purple becomes finer with aging, dry of good body, velvety, harmonious.

Abbinamenti :

It is useful a 16th-18oC. . Nebbiolo finds good combinations with dishes tasty as the polenta (ideal with gorgonzola) and with seconds a base of tasty meats ( veal foot, guinea fowl) and cheeses seasoned.
Langhe Nebbiolo DOC