Cordero Della Zoina

Colour and Bouquet: ruby red colour with nuances grenade, on the nose is intense, complex, refined, with clear violet, vanilla and tobacco flavour, to the palate is tasty, full-bodied, persistent with a finale of black cherry and strawberry.
Vine: Nebbiolo Spanna 100%.
Vineyard: 12,800 sqm. planted part in 2001 and part in 2003 with a density of 5.000 plants/hectare. Exposure South, altitude 300 metres above sea level.  Sandy melted ground .
Pruning: Guyot with a load of 30.000 gems/ha
Yield: for the 2005 harvest the yield per hectare has been of 7,5 tons and the yield grape-wine of 67%.
Wine-making: fermentation in steel tanks at constant temperature of 24/25°, with a maceration of eight days and malolactic fermentation in steel.
Aging: twelve months in barrique, four months in steel and at least twelve months in bottle.
Date of bottling: march 3 2007.
Specifications:
actual alcoholic strength of 12.55% v.
Total acidity of 5,33 g/l.
Total sulphur dioxide content of 55 mg/l.
Production: no 6.900 bottles 750 ml.
Serving temperature: 18°
Aging potential: 10-15 years
 
Wines produced in our cellar are not filtered, therefore we recommend to decant as they may be present natural dregs.