Ceretto Barolo DOCG

Barolo Ceretto is made from Nebbiolo grapes coming from the Monsordo Bernardina estate in Barolo. The grapes are manually harvested around the beginning of October and taken to the cellar for de-stemming. No selected yeast are added in order to let indigenous flora to carry out the fermentation with maceration process that occurs in steel containers for about 14-15 days without temperature control. Subsequently, the maceration is continued for another 10-15 days in order to extract aromatic and structure compounds fromNebbiolo skins. Then the wine is separated from the skins and placed in 300 L oak barrels for 12 months and another 12 months in 25 HL barrels. After this period of aeging the wine it is blended and left in steel for another 18 months of aeging before bottling.