Named after my grandfather, whose name was Gioacchino Natale, but whom everyone called Natalin. This variety was his favorite wine, and has always been grown in these hills. I pulled it up in 1999 because the vineyard was too difficult to reach with the tractor to treat. In 2016 I replanted it on the same hillside where 'Natalin' planted his first vineyard, as well as rented an old vine organic vineyard in 2017. Worked in the old fashioned and traditional way, fermented and raised in 100% cement, and bottled in late spring under the 'buona' moon as my grandfather did. A fresh and bright expression not with out delicate tannin.
Technical Data |
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Vintage | 2018 |
Apellation | Vino Rosso |
Fermenting vats | Cement |
Fermenting temperature | < 30°C |
Yeasts | Indigenous yeasts |
Length of maceration | 12 days |
Malolactic fermentation | in cement |
Ageing vessels | Ciment |
Ageing period | 6-8 months |
Clarification & filtration | Not clarified or filtered |
Bottle ageing | 2 mesi |
Bottles produced | 10000 |
Alcohol | 12.5% vol. |
Vineyard data |
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Production area | Montaldo di Cerrina Monferrato |
Vineyard name | Diverse |
Aspect | East, North, West |
Altitude | 300m |
Soil | Calcarious clay |
Vineyards planted in | 1990, 1970, 2016 |
Planting density | 5000 vines/ha |
Yield | 1.5 kg per vine |
Harvest date | Mid September |