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RedBocaDOC

Boca DOC

by Le Piane · Piedmont, Italy

Awards & scores
  • Tre Bicchieri 2025Gambero Rosso, Vini d’Italia · 2020 vintage
  • Tre Bicchieri 2024Gambero Rosso, Vini d’Italia · 2018 vintage
  • Tre Bicchieri 2022Gambero Rosso, Vini d’Italia · 2017 vintage
  • Tre Bicchieri 2021Gambero Rosso, Vini d’Italia · 2016 vintage
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  • Tre Bicchieri 2020Gambero Rosso, Vini d’Italia · 2015 vintage
  • Tre Bicchieri 2018Gambero Rosso, Vini d’Italia · 2012 vintage
  • Tre Bicchieri 2015Gambero Rosso, Vini d’Italia · 2010 vintage
  • Tre Bicchieri 2013Gambero Rosso, Vini d’Italia · 2008 vintage
  • Tre Bicchieri 2010Gambero Rosso, Vini d’Italia · 2005 vintage
Appellation
BocaDOC
Type
Red
Grapes
Nebbiolo, Vespolina
Alcohol
14.0%
Sweetness
Dry
Colour
Red
Colour depth
Deep
Body
Full-bodied
Serve at
16–18 °C
Keeps for
10–15 years
Bottled in
0.75 l
Farming
Natural wine
Le PianePiedmont, Italy

About this wine

Vineyard and terroir

The fruit comes from the estate’s vineyards in Traversagna, Prato Sesia and Le Piane. The vines average 30–50 years of age.

Grapes

Nebbiolo is blended with a small proportion of Vespolina.

Vinification

The grapes are harvested by hand and undergo a long fermentation on the skins with natural yeasts in open steel tanks and oak barrels. The cap is punched down manually once or twice a day. Malolactic fermentation takes place in oak barrels, beginning in the spring following the harvest.

Ageing

The wine matures for three years in large oak barrels of 2,000–3,000 litres, followed by a further 12 months in bottle in the winery’s cellars before release.

Tasting profile

Rich and rounded.