Fontanafredda

Barolo Vigna La Rosa And Enò Glass Gift Pack

Contains: 1 x 750 ml, 1 x various

Fontanafredda gift pack packaged in a Fontanafredda Tin Box. Limited stock of 15 cases.

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Since 1878 Fontanafredda Estate & Winery located in the heart of Piedmont's Langhe region has been a benchmark for Barolo and Barbera wines that deftly balance deep aromas and concentration of fruit with elegance. Among the prized vineyard sites belonging to Fontanafredda are those in the commune of Serralunga d'Alba a source of some of today's most distinctive and intriguing Barolo wines.

1 x

Fontanafredda

Barolo Vigna La Rosa 2016

Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy

Bottle size:

750 ml

Ruby-red with garnet highlight. Its delicate but intense nose is wide, with clear-cut overtones of withered roses, violets, tobacco, underbrush, spices, and a slight touch of vanilla. Dense, closely-woven tannins show on the palate, which starts out smooth, almost velvety, and then bursts with fruit, nicely balanced by a sharp freshness. Long aftertaste packed with flavour.

Harvest: first-second decade in October. The de-stemmed, crushed grapes are heated up to around 32-33° C, and the process of pumping the juice over the skin cap begins immediately. This takes place frequently over the first 3 days in order to extract the optimal amount of colour and tannins. As the alcohol content increases, the extraction of too many tannins is prevented by dropping the temperature to around 25° C and reducing the volume of liquid pumped over the skins. During this maceration - lasting 20-30 days – “delastages” are performed to improve tannins extraction and provide oxygen to the yeast for the production of cleaner, more elegant aromas. The alcoholic fermentation is followed immediately by the malolactic fermentation, which is encouraged by keeping the wine in heat-conditioned tanks at a temperature of around 20°C.

Barolo Vigna La Rosa's ageing begins in Allier oak barrels, 50% of which are new. The wine remains in these barrels for around 12 months, and is then racked into medium-small oak casks holding 2,000 and 3,000 litres to continue ageing for another year. This further refines the tannins without increasing the wine’s woodiness, achieving the right balance between the grapes’ aromas and the wood. The wine is then clarified using - if necessary - egg-whites to round off any remaining rough edges and obtain a perfectly clear product. Finally the wine is bottled, and stored in the cellar for around a year prior to its release.

1 x

RCR Cristalleria Italiana

Enò Wine Glass

Bottle size:

N/A

Demensions Rim 70mm (2.75 in.) Foot 81mm (3.18 in.) H 220mm (8.66 in) LUXION eco-crystal glass, the first eco-crystal glass, is an ultraclear crystal glass produced with electric furnaces with zero atmospheric discharge. The electric furnaces are powered by electrical energy derived directly or indirectly from renewable sources and pure raw materials, which allow to obtain a material with maximum brilliance and transparency, without using bleaching and highly polluting agents. LUXION eco-crystal glass is a 100% recyclable material: not only are its production cullet glass fed back into the production process as raw materials, but only eco-crystal glass cullet can be recycled in RCR’s furnaces so as not to contaminate the quality of its material. At RCR, the best strategy has always been not to pollute, because safeguarding the environment is good for business.

Fontanafredda

Barolo Vigna La Rosa And Enò Glass Gift Pack

Fontanafredda

Fontanafredda

Fontanafredda

Barolo Vigna La Rosa 2016

Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy

Specifications

In the cellar

In the vineyard

Ageing

RCR Cristalleria Italiana

Enò Wine Glass

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Fontanafredda

Barolo Vigna La Rosa And Enò Glass Gift Pack

Fontanafredda

Fontanafredda

Fontanafredda

Barolo Vigna La Rosa 2016

Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy

Specifications

In the cellar

In the vineyard

Ageing

RCR Cristalleria Italiana

Enò Wine Glass

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