RAW MATERIAL
From the pomace of Nebbiolo grapes from Barolo and Barbaresco and Moscato d'Asti.
DISTILLATION METHOD
Discontinuous steam still with the “Lazarito Bocchino” method. The distillate is obtained at 75° alcohol content after appropriate discarding of heads and tails by means of columns with copper mushroom plates.
AGEING
In 225 liter barriques made of Allier, Troncais and Limousin wood, for a minimum period of 8 years, during which the alcohol content of the distillate is progressively reduced up to 45 degrees. A year before being bottled, the distillate is decanted from the barriques into a large oak barrel, so that the various spirits can slowly harmonize. The Cantina Privata is bottled only in the best years, in a blend made up of 65% Nebbiolo grappa from Barolo and Barbaresco and 35% Moscato d'Asti grappa.
TASTING
Color of great intensity, perfume The perfume has a pleasant harmony of honey, rich brown on the nose, opens into a range of aromas of cinnamon glacés and chamomile. The full-bodied and enveloping, long flavor of Tabasco, from the passito to the Mediterranean scent, from the grape in its persistence with notes of cinnamon, cloves passing to fruit dried in the sun. The flavor reveals hints of pine and resin. honey, peony, morello cherries and chamomile.
ALCOHOLIC CONTENT
45 alc. by Vol.
FORMAT
CL 70
AWARDS
2022 ULTIMATE SPIRITS CHALLENGE. 92/100 POINTS "Important notes of wood on the nose, with spicy accents of toasted cardamom and cinnamon, baked pear and quince. The attack in the mouth is characterized by a light sweetness, which recalls the quince and turns towards Regina Claudia, while the finish It is dominated by wood, with notes of black pepper, vanilla and cloves."