Bric Turot Barbaresco DOCG - Prunotto

The Bric Turot Barbaresco from Prunotto in Piedmont offers a bright, ruby red color in the glass. Held at a slight angle, a transition of the wine's color towards garnet red can be seen at the edges of this barrel-aged wine. If you swirl the glass, you can perceive a perfect balance in this red wine, as it is neither watery nor syrupy or liqueur-like on the walls of the glass. Poured into a Bordeaux glass, this red wine from the Old World presents wonderfully elegant and complex aromas of lavender, rose, blueberry and lilac, rounded off by cocoa bean, cinnamon and sun-warmed stone, which are contributed by the barrel ageing.

The Prunotto Bric Turot Barbaresco impresses with its elegantly dry taste. It was bottled with exceptionally little residual sugar. As you would expect from a wine from the Icon wine segment, this Italian naturally delights with the finest balance despite its dryness. Aroma does not necessarily require residual sugar. This melting, silky, dense and velvety red wine is balanced and multi-layered on the palate. The finish of this mature red wine from the Piedmont wine-growing region, Barbaresco DOCG to be precise, is impressive with a remarkable aftertaste. The finish is also accompanied by mineral notes from the sand and marl-dominated soils.

Vinification of the Bric Turot Barbaresco from Prunotto

This red wine clearly focuses on one grape variety, namely Nebbiolo. Only the best grapes were used for this exceptionally balanced single-varietal wine from Prunotto. The vines that produce the grapes for this wine grow on sand and marl soils in Piedmont. The Bric Turot Barbaresco is an Old World wine through and through, as this Italian wine exudes an extraordinary European charm that clearly underlines the success of wines from the Old World. The fact that Nebbiolo grapes thrive in a rather cool climate also has an undeniable influence on the ripening of the grapes. Among other things, this results in particularly long and even grapes and a rather moderate alcohol content in the wine. The grapes for this red wine from Italy are harvested exclusively by hand when they are perfectly ripe. After the grape harvest, the grapes are immediately taken to the press house. Here they are selected and carefully crushed. Fermentation then takes place in small wood and large wood at controlled temperatures. At the end of fermentation, the Bric Turot Barbaresco is aged for a further 24 months in French and Slavonian oak barriques. The barrel ageing is followed by a long bottle ageing period, which makes this red wine even more complex.

Dining recommendations for Prunotto Bric Turot Barbaresco

This Italian wine is best enjoyed at a temperature of 15 - 18°C. It is the perfect accompaniment to duck breast with sugar snaps, veal and onion casserole or baked sheep's cheese parcels.

Awards for the Bric Turot Barbaresco from Prunotto

This wine from Barbaresco DOCG not only impresses us, but has also won awards from well-known wine journalists. Among the ratings are for the 2016 vintage

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