A warm and complex red wine of great elegance, made from Nebbiolo grapes handled and vinified by Manzone Giovanni, in Langhe land.
The grapes come from a single vineyard, in the Gramolere mga, in Monforte d’Alba.
The original vines are more than 50 years old and a small part of these Nebbiolos come from the ancient ‘Rose’ variety which confers the wine finesse and class.
The exposure is southwest; the soil is calcareous and sandy, with layers of red clay. the steep slope
of the hill only allows manual processing.
The manual harvest is made in mid/late october to ensure the perfect ripening of the grapes.
The natural fermentation with the skins lasts from 30 to 40 days, with soft pumping over to guarantee a delicate polyphenolic extraction.
After about 3 years of ageing in barrels and a few months resting in concrete tanks, the wine is bottled during waning moon.
The vineyard and the Ciabot Bricat were purchased in 1989 and the first vintage was produced in 1994.
Few thousand bottles of Barolo Bricat are produced and sold about 5 years after the harvest.