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Prinsi - Barbaresco Fausoni Riserva

Prinsi - Barbaresco Fausoni Riserva

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Garnet red with ruby-red hints. Rich and complex with notes of liquorice, tobacco, cocoa. It recalls the classic “goudron” scent. Great concentration and elegance with smooth tannins and a long persistence. Perfect with braised meats, stewed wild boar and game.

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Wine profile

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Origin Barbaresco
Classification DOCG
Serving temperature 64 °F

Blend composition

Grape breakdown

Nebbiolo 100%

Color profile

  • Garnet red with ruby-red hints

Tasting profile

  • Rich and complex with notes of liquorice, tobacco, cocoa
  • Recalls the classic “goudron” scent
  • Great concentration and elegance with smooth tannins and a long persistence

Food pairings

  • Braised meats
  • Stewed wild boar
  • Game

The story

Fausoni first growth located in the Municipality of Neive. The vines are trained in Guyot on marly, clayey and white tuffaceous soils at 320 meters above sea level, with a planting density of 3,500 vines per hectare. The hillside vineyards face south-west.

Winemaking

From vineyard to bottle

Harvest

The grapes are destalked and softly pressed. Fermentation with skin maceration in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature (28°C), followed by malolactic fermenation in wooden casks

Barrel

Large Slavonian and French oak barrels

Bottling

Further refinement in bottle before releasing