The wines of the Selection of the Order of the Knights of the Truffle and Wines of Alba can only be purchased at the Piedmontese Regional Wine Shop.
Via Castello, 5
12060 Grinzane Cavour (CN) - Italia
Tel: +39 0173.262159
enoteca@castellogrinzane.com
LOCATION
Serralunga d’Alba
ALTITUDE
340 meters
EXPOSURE
West, South-West
SOIL
highly clayey and calcareous, with abundant presence of marl at a depth of 2 meters. Soil with sub-alkaline reaction.
VARIETY
Nebbiolo 100%
YEASTS
indigenous
AGING
in 15-hl oak barrels
CLOSURE
natural cork
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES
Briccolina was the pioneer vineyard for our biodynamic approach and is now the only Barolo cru granted with the Demeter certification. It is a vineyard-garden, entirely worked by hand. It undergoes very long macerations during vinification.