2013 Produttori del Barbaresco Montefico, Barbaresco Riserva DOCG, Italy Tement long on flavor

long on flavor

and 100% destemmed after ~8–10 days of cold maceration

Inspired by Shiokawa-san's experience making sake all over the world

Their farming practices are both organic and biodynamic and minimal sulfur is used in the wine making process

reflecting the estate’s slow-ripening philosophy

2013 Produttori del Barbaresco Montefico, Barbaresco Riserva DOCG, Italy Tement long on flavorThis single vineyard riserva comes from the tiny, south facing Montefico slopejust three growers tend the vines, producing only about 13,000 bottles per vintage under the cooperatives label. The vines thrive in calcareous marl soils that yield Nebbiolo of exceptional structure and mineral density. Fermented with native yeasts at 30 C and undergoing roughly 2830 days of skin contact, the wine is aged for 36 months in large Slavonian oak casks before