Colombera & Garella. Bramaterra 'Cascina Cottignano'

Bramaterra DOC
Grapes: Nebbiolo 80%, Vespolina 10%, Croatina 10%

2018 Enticing aromas of leather, fig and date, on the palate the tannins are silky, the fruit fine and floral, shot with violet, salt, orange peel and spice. 13%

2019 Deep red berry and strawberry fruit, blood and iron, fresh and full.  A spectacular vintage of excellent Bramaterra. 12.5%

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Bramaterra is spread over a large area and encompasses many terroirs.  Cascina Cottignano faces southeast and has an unusually low PH (4.4-acidic) and the soils are a mix of red-brown sands over degraded volcanic rock.  The vineyard is farmed sustainably, it is about doing less, better.  Cover crops are selected according to the needs of the land and natural fertilisers are used.

The newest plantings were in 2003, the other half of the vineyard was old when Carlo bought the farm in 1992 (some of the vines will be over 100 years old).
The grapes are picked by hand in the second week of October, the yields are a tiny 35 hl/ha*.  The bunches are de-stemmed and crushed before being fermented without temperature control, using wild yeasts in concrete tanks, with pumping over* and delestages*.  The wine is aged for 2 years in botti grande* (6000 litre).  The wine is then blended and ageing for another few months in concrete tanks before being bottled without filtration.