Description
An intense garnet red in color with ruby highlights and with aromas of very ripe berry and cherry fruit combined with floral and spicy notes. Powerful flavors with supple and ample tannins and a long finish and aftertaste.
Tasting notes
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C
Longevity:
15 - 25 years
- Start up year: 1904
- Oenologist: Gianluca Torrengo
- Bottles produced: 1.116.400
- Hectares: 70
The Antinori family, charmed by such rich natural beauty, unique vineyards and soils, decided to invest time and energy in this terroir confident that their efforts would make Prunotto what it is today, one of the most important winemaking estates in the Piedmont region.
| Name | Prunotto Barolo Bussia 2010 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Barolo DOCG |
| Vintage | 2010 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Vendor | Prunotto |
| Origin | Alba (CN) |
| Climate | Altitude: 350 m. a.s.l. (1150 feet) with a southern exposure. |
| Soil composition | Soils from the Tortonian period, (Saint Agatha fossil marls), calcareous clays with alternating layers of sand. |
| Wine making | The grapes were selected during picking, destemmed, and then pressed. Skin contact lasted approximately fifteen days at a maximum temperature of 30 °C (86°Fahrenheit). The wine went through its malolactic fermentation before the end of the winter. |
| Aging | The wine was then partially aged in 1300 gallon French oak casks and partly in 60 gallon oak barrels used twice previously. A twelve month period of bottle aging in the Prunotto cellars preceded commercial release. |
| Year production | 15000 bottles |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

