Municipality of production: Monforte d’Alba
Grape: Nebbiolo
First vintage: 1995
Number of bottles produced each year: 7,000
Vineyard area under vine: 1.8 hectares
Aspect and height above sea level: south-facing, 300-350 metres
Soil type: moderately loose-packed, slightly clayey, limestone-based
Vine training system and planting density: Guyot-trained at 4,500 vines per hectare
Average age of productive vines: 25 years
Harvest period and method: second 10 days of October manual harvest
The vinification procedure for Barolo Riserva Rüncot includes alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, with daily pumping over. After completing first alcoholic, then malolactic fermentation, the wine mature in barriques of French oak. Bottling normally in August, the Barolo Riserva Rüncot then stays in the binning cellar for 18-24 months before release. - Winery
Dried cherries, spices and hints of plums. Full-bodied, juicy and flavorful. Such depth combined with refinement. A beauty now. - James Suckling 96 points
