Lafóa

Alto Adige Pinot Nero Riserva DOC 2020

  • Tasting notes

    Ruby red in color; seductive aromas of cherry, raspberries, red fruits, combined with fine spicy notes and discreet roasted notes. On the palate is powerful and complex with gripping tannins and an elegant finish.
    Cellaring potential: 10-15 years.

    The story of the Pinot Nero Lafóa

    Informations about the variety Pinot Nero

  • Food Combination

    Try it with roast duck with hoi sin, baked salmon in a crust of soy sauce, mignon fillet with a balsamic glaze, roast lamb with mint sauce.
    Serve cool: 16° C.

  • Grape Variety
    Pinot Nero from guyot trellised vines of between 15-35 years of age.
  • Location

    Vineyards located at an altitude of approximately 400 metres a.s.l. The major part of the grapes come from morainal soils made with porphyry and Dolomites rock. Another part comes from gravelly, clay and calcareous soils.

  • Yielding
    42 hl/ha
  • Wine Making

    The estate-grown grapes are destemmed, crushed and partially cold macerated before fermenting in wooden casks at a controlled temperature of 25-28°C for approximately 3 weeks. A regular remontage is carried out. The wine is then transferred partly to new, partly to used oak barriques for malolactic fermentation and a 16 months' ageing.

  • Analytical Data
    Alcohol: 13,5% Vol
    Total acidity: 5,4 g/l
    Residual sugar: 2,5 g/l
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Lafóa / Lafóa Alto Adige Pinot Nero Riserva DOC 2020
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93/100
Gold
93/100
95/99
Gold & Best of Show Alto Adige Red
91/100