Description
Barolo Parafada 2014 Massolino red wine
Variety: Nebbiolo 100%
Produced with grapes from the Parafada vineyard (sheet 7, par. No. 44-12-6-269-368) located in the municipality of Serralunga d’Alba. The average altitude is 330 meters s.l.m., and the total area is 1.13 hectares. The exposure is south, protected from winds.
Soil is calcareous, marly and sandy.
Type of cultivation is espalier with Guyot pruning and the plant density is about 5.800 vines per hectare.
Average age of the vines is 55 years, while the yield per hectare is 45 quintals.
First year of production: 1990.
Harvest takes place manually, in the second half of October.
Alcoholic fermentation takes place in stainless steel containers for a period ranging from 15 to 20 days, at a temperature of 31-33 ° C.
Refine in large oak barrels for about 30 months and in bottles for a minimum of one year, in special cool, dark and silent rooms.
Barolo Parafada 2014 Massolino red wine
Garnet red.
On the nose it is intense, very complex and extremely elegant. Berries, with plum and black cherry. Follow the floral notes of violet, and more complex porcini mushrooms and olives in brine. The spices are added to perfect everything. Overall it is exciting, refined class.
On the palate it shows a wonderful balance between hardness and softness. Sumptuous the volume expressed by the sip and wonderful structure, which is able to support it. Aromas of plum and truffles arrive on the palate.
A perfect wine for a long aging, which over time evolves, improving from year to year.
A wine that accompanies game with considerable efficiency, such as hare, deer and larded snipe. Try it with truffle risotto and vegetable soups. Like all very good wines, it happily combines with many other dishes, both traditional Italian cuisine, as well as other areas of the world.
