Who: Alessandro Uslenghi
Where: Vignale Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy
What: Barbera, Nebbiolo, Cortese
How: Certified Organic (CCPB) and Biodynamic (Demeter)
Total size: cases, ha (11 ac)

Nebbiolo del Monferrato DOC 2020

APPELLATION: Nebbiolo del Monferrato DOC

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Nebbiolo

WINE STYLE: Red Still

FERMENTATION TANKS: Small stainless Steel Vats (210HL)

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: Berries shuold be as whole as possible, bunches are destemmed right after harvest, extraction is made by keeping the cap wet

MALOLACTIC: Completed

AGED IN: Stainless Steel

AGED FOR: One year

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: Filtration with perlite right after malo and then light filtration 1 micron at bottling.

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: less than 5 ppm of natural SO2 measured at release

BOTTLING DATE: November 18, 2021

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14.5%

VINEYARD: Novareto vineyard, coordinates 45,016753 North 8,384341 East

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Organic and Biodynamic

ALTITUDE: 200 m

SOIL: Soil is alkaline, Clayey, silty, highly calcareous with the following percentages : Silt 46% clay 44% sand 10%

YEAR PLANTED: 2004

DENSITY: 4100 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: September 29 and 30, 2020

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 80 HL