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)

Il Gio-Pi 2022

APPELLATION: Langhe Nebbiolo

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Nebbiolo

WINE STYLE: Red Still

FERMENTATION TANKS: Stainless steel 50HL/ Carbonic Fermentation

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: 15 days. Destemmed. Extraction technique: delastage and daily pump overs

MALOLACTIC: Completed

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

AGED FOR: 6 months + 2 months in bottle

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: Clarified with Bentonite/ Filtered (cartridge) 10+5 micron.

VEGAN: N/A

TOTAL SO2: less than mg/l 70 at the end of malo

BOTTLING DATE: June 2023

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14.5%

VINEYARD: Vineyards are located in the Comune di Monforte (San Giovanni and Bricco San Pietro hence the name GIO PI as in Giovanni and Pietro)

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Sustainable

ALTITUDE: 310-350 m

SOIL: Clayey - Sandy in Monforte

YEAR PLANTED: 1987 (average)

DENSITY: 4800 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: Beginning of October

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 1900 cases