Who: Filippo, Laura and Federica Broccardo
Where: Monforte d’Alba, CN, Piedmont, Italy
What: Nebbiolo, Barolo DOCG, Barolo Riserva DOCG
How: Sustainable
Total size: 7500 cases, 14 ha (34 ac)

I Tre Pais Barolo DOCG 2018

APPELLATION: Barolo DOCG

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Nebbiolo from 3 different vineyards, vinified separately (60% Monforte, 20% Barolo and 20% Novello)

WINE STYLE: Red Still

FERMENTATION TANKS: Stainless steel 50HL

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: With stem. Extraction technique: delastage and daily pump overs

MALOLACTIC: Completed

AGED IN: Oak big cask (25 hl) and tonneaux

AGED FOR: 24 months + 12 months in bottle (at least)

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: Not Clarified / Filtered (cartridge) 10+5 micron.

VEGAN: N/A

TOTAL SO2: mg/l 64 ±4 at the end of malo

BOTTLING DATE: N/A

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14.5%

VINEYARD: Bricco San Pietro, San Giovanni, Paiagallo and Ravera

60% from the vineyards in Monforte, 20% from the vineyards in Barolo, 20% from vineyards in Novello hence the name I TRE PAIS (the 3 villages)

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Sustainable

ALTITUDE: 310-350 m

SOIL: Silt, clay and sand in Monforte d’Alba, clay and sandstones in Novello and rich in limestone in Barolo.

YEAR PLANTED: 1987 (average)

DENSITY: 4800 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: N/A

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 18000 bottles