Growing Conditions
The grapes were grown in six different vineyards from three different areas. Four vineyards are in Barolo, on chalky, Tortonian soils, facing either south-east or south-west, with vines planted between 1968 and 2004. Here the chalky soil results in delicately aromatic wines, with high acidity and red berry characters. The two vineyards planted in Novello and Sinio are on Helvetian soils, giving wines with ripe, black fruit characters, balsam and minerality, with firmer tannins. All of the vineyards are planted at a high altitude and benefit from cool night temperatures, which helps the fruit to ripen gradually.
2021 vintage is set to provide some world class wines. Despite a frost
alert in the spring, and a few violent hailstorms during summer, the season was
generally very positive, moderately dry and with late harvests. All grapes have
abundance of acidity and good phenolics, and the shortage of nitrogen in the fruit
allowed for some of the longest and most gentle fermentations in recent years.
