Under the bell tower of Neive, where the clock strikes even quarter hours, is the most beautiful place in the world! My father Pasquale used to repeat this phrase, when together we walked through the Nebbiolo vineyard from which the Barbaresco Cascina Crosa is made.
Tasting
Colour: garnet with orange tinge
Aromas: rose, violet, light spice with hints of pepper
Taste: savoury, warm and enveloping
Grape variety: 100% Nebbiolo
Exposure: south-west
Altitude: 300 metres
Soil: marly-calcareous
Training system: Guyot
Age of vines: 65 years
Vineyard surface area: 1 ha
Vines per hectare: 5000
Harvest: 2020
Winery
Soft crushing at controlled temperature
Fermentation: 10-15 days, malolactic fermentation
Ageing: 2 years in 25 - 30 hl French oak barrels
Resting in bottle: 6 months
Bottling: August
Bottles produced: 4000 / year
Bottle type: Albeisa
Alcohol: 14%.
