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Langhe Rosso Le Brume wine — San Quirico winery — Dionysus
RedLangheDOC

Langhe Rosso Le Brume

by San Quirico · Piedmont, Italy

Appellation
LangheDOC
Type
Red
Grapes
60% Nebbiolo, 40% Barbera
Vineyard
Nebbiolo and Barbera vineyards in Piedmont
Line
Tenuta San Quirico
San QuiricoPiedmont, Italy

About this wine

Vineyard and terroir

Nebbiolo and Barbera are harvested at peak ripeness during the misty final phase of the harvest season. The vineyards lie below 800 m on soils combining clay, limestone and silica. Yield is 10 tonnes of grapes per hectare, equivalent to 70 hl of wine.

Grapes

60% Nebbiolo and 40% Barbera.

Vinification

The grapes are harvested in the first ten days of October. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations take place at controlled temperature using innovative techniques.

Ageing

After the final racking, the wine spends at least six months in French oak barriques and at least two months in bottle before release. The bottle maturation contributes softness and fruit expression.

Technical data

Langhe Rosso DOC. Alcohol: 14% vol.

Tasting profile

A complex aromatic profile brings together cherry and redcurrant with blueberry and other dark woodland fruit. Oak maturation contributes spice. The palate is broad and soft, with pleasant tannins and a faint, characteristic bitter note on the finish.

Serving and pairing

Serve at 18–20 °C with red meat, game or strongly flavoured cheeses.

Label / history

“Brume” means “mist” and evokes the fog that envelops the vineyards on the coolest days toward the end of harvest.