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Vaira Aurelj Veritas Wines bottle with butterfly illustration for wine branding.

Fuori Zona

ITALY – Piedmont
Locality:
ITALY – Piedmont
Appellation:
Langhe
Grape Variety:
Nebbiolo
WineMaker:
Francesco and Giacomo Vaira
Vineyard:
0.5 ha. planted in 2012 over 60% clay, 25% limestone and 15% sand. From the hill of San Ponzio, near Barolo, from 100m elevation.
Viticulture:
Organic (not certified). Guyot-Poussard pruning. Density of 4000 vines/ ha.
WineMaking:
10-20% whole cluster. Only free-run juice for this cuvée. 2-week fermentation over ambient yeasts pied de cuve style. Extraction by punch-downs. Complete malolactic conversion.
Aging:
Racked and aged for 12 months in used barrels and barriques. Then bottled and aged for 6 additional months before release.
Bottling:
Neither fined nor filtered.
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