Description

Bonarda / DOC Oltrepò Pavese

ORIGIN: Oltrepò Pavese

VINE VARIETY: Croatina in purity and Barbera in small percentages.

SOIL: Clayey, slimy with calcareous marl, located around the 45° parallel north

GRAPE CULTIVATION: Guyot-trained

HARVESTING: By hand and mechanical harvesting.

VINIFICATION: Grape pressing and destemming with maceration on the skins and fermentation at controlled temperature with cultured yeasts.

REFINING: In stainless steel vats, followed by a second natural fermentation in pressurized vats at 18°C temperature. During ageing the wine undergoes several analytical controls to assure its integrity.

BOTTLING: Cold sterile

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 12%vol 

COLOUR: Vivid ruby red with purplish tinges and thick and lingering froth.

NOSE: Fruity, with hits of black currant, wild blackberries with a spicy pepper note.

PALATE: Chamois-soft and mouth filling, rightly tannic, sapid with a pleasant sparkling hint.

INTERNATIONAL PAIRINGS: Kabaub Shaami (Afghanistan) – Beef burritos (Mexico)

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 14 – 16°C

CURIOSITY: The name has an uncertain origin: it seems to derive from the Lombardic “bono hard”, which means strong and brave.