Varietal notes: Corvinone, Corvina Grossa, Rondinella
Vineyard: Sourced from the Vigneto Alto vineyard which was planted in 1970. 260m in elevation.
Orientation: Southeast.
Soil: Toar (basalt) & chalky gravel.
Viticulture: Work in the vineyard is measured by the months and the seasons. In order to avoid excessive impoverishment of the lands, the various soils are periodically analysed and a programme of interventions with organic fertilizers is drawn up.
Vinification: Left to dry from mid-September 2000 till mid-January 2001, they achieved a advanced degree of “appassimento” (drying), arriving at a degree “Babo” of 27/28 (almost 300 g/l of residual sugar). Fermentation lasted 55 days with frequent pumpings over.
Aging: The wine was then racked and transferred to stainless steel vats for 10 days, after which – still with a residual sugar of 40 g/l – it was racked again and put into new 12-25 hectolitre barrels of Slavonian and French oak. Here the wine remained for 30 months, on its own fine deposit, while very slowly it completed its alcoholic and malo-lactic fermentation. It was racked again and “assembled”, then bottled in December 2003. Normally it is aged for four months in bottle before release onto the market.
Production: 5,000 bottles produced.
Notes: Tommaso Bussola began working at his uncle Giuseppe's estate in 1977. His uncle Giuseppe still works the vineyards.