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Type of Wine: Red Wine
Country: Italy
Region: Piemonte
Producer: Casa E. Do Mirafiore
Alcohol Percentage: 14%
Viticulture: Organic Farming | Vegan Friendly
Climate: The sun that warms the hilly soils during the year, alternating with precipitations that quench the fibres, creates a context of great variability that makes every grape harvest so very different from the others
Terroir: Medium and upper slopes (300-350m s.l.m) exposed to the southwest, planted on soil of Miocene-Helvetian origin with a high content of limestone and grey marl altenating with sand
Ageing: The fermentation is traditional: medium-long (12-15 days) in stainless steel vats with a floating cat at a controlled temperature (30-31° C). The must then stays in contact with the skins for a further 30-40 days to optimize the extraction of the polyphenolic substances and help start the subsequent malolactic fermentation. Ages for two years in oak barrels of medium and large capacity (from 2.000 to 14.000 liters), at the end of the second year, the wine makes into a further period of aging in bottle before being released to the market
Colour: Garnet-red with ruby highlights that take on a slightly orange tone over time
Palate: The taste is dry, but soft, full-bodied, velvety and well-balanced, and is very long-lasting. garnet red with good intensity. The scent reminiscent of spices like nutmeg, laurel and black pepper, red fruit, black licorice. The wine in mouth is important, powerful and harmonious tannins, very fresh acidity that favors long lasting
Awards: 95 James Suckling Points (2016), 92 Wine Enthusiast Points
About the Winery:
The winery was founded in the 1870s by King Vittorio Emanuel II of Savoy and named for his son (with Countess Bela Rosin), Emanuele, Count of Mirafiore within the Fontanafredda village in Serralunga d’Alba. The name was lost from the estate in the 1940s and passed through several owners until Oscar Farinetti bought the Mirafiore name once again. The wines of Casa E. di Mirafiore are made exclusively from the traditional varieties of the Langhe. Respected winemaker Danilo Drocco follows traditional Piemontese vinification practices including long maceration and aging in large oak casks.