Description
Wine with ancient origins, blessed with a distinctive personality, cited for the first time in a historical document from 1447. This wine is made with best-quality grapes, selected from our Bramaterra parcels in the townships of Villa del Bosco and Brusnengo.
Details
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour

Pairings
- Start up year: 1671
- Oenologist: Riccardo Giovannini
- Bottles produced: 60.000
- Hectares: 23
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Name | Tenute Sella Bramaterra 2016 |
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Type | Red still |
Denomination | Bramaterra DOC |
Vintage | 2016 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
Grape varieties | 70% Nebbiolo, 20% Croatina, 10% Vespolina |
Country | Italy |
Region | Piedmont |
Vendor | Tenute Sella |
Origin | Upper Piedmont, on the vineyard slopes of the Bramaterra estate in the municipality of Villa del Bosco |
Climate | Altitude: 300-350 m. a.s.l. Exposure: Southwest. |
Soil composition | Soils with an acid ph made up of porphyritic sands of volcanic origin, red-brown in colour. |
Cultivation system | Classic Guyot. |
Harvest | From mid-September to mid-October. |
Wine making | Destemming-crushing Classic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with pumping over and rack and return. Average length of maceration: 30 days for Nebbiolo and Vespolina, 16 days for Croatina Malolactic fermentation with simultaneous inoculation. |
Aging | 28 months in 10 hl Slavonian oak casks. |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |