• Vaira Aurelj
  • Barolo Fossati

    At a Glance

    • Variety: Nebbiolo (Lampia biotype)
    • Size: 0.36 hectares (0.89 acres)
    • Vine Age: Planted in 2012
    • Terroir: Fossati, 460 m elevation, east-facing, sandy-clay-limestone.
    • Viticulture: Organic (not certified), cover crops, no pesticides or chemical products, only copper and sulfur treatments, Guyot-Poussard pruning.
    • Vinification: De-stemmed, not crushed, 2-3-week fermentation in steel tank started with an ambient yeast pied de cuve, extraction by punch-downs and a few pump-overs, aged for 18 months in casks (50% new), malolactic conversion completed in the spring, no fining, no filtration, small doses of SO2 added incrementally throughout vinification and aging, 75-100 ppm total SO2 at bottling.