Lapo Berti. Barolo Fossati Size:75cl

Lapo Berti. Barolo Fossati Size:75clBarolo DOCG del Comune di La Morra Grape: Nebbiolo 2020 14. 5% Lapo Berti producer page Fossati lies on the western side of La Morra, where the soils have lowish levels of sand (25%) and higher (than average) clay (39%), along with high levels of iron, it has a deserved reputation for providing long lived wines with finesse and weight. Lapo has under an acre of east facing leased vineyard in Fossati, planted with 20 year vines. After a manual harvest,

The grapes are picked by hand from mid-September

a natural solution to keeping the flavours fresh

Alessandro wanted to replicate a style he remembered and loved

The grapes are hand-picked in November and dried for a short time and then crushed and fermented on the skins for 15 days in a temperature-controlled steel tank

After bottling the wine is stored for a further twelve months before being released

The bunches were destemmed and sorted before a temperature-controlled fermentation that lasted two weeks

on the skins for 3 weeks

(2017 harvest)  13%

Used to be called Botanical Garden Melissa Gin

cover crops are encouraged

and Barolo as well

Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo 2023