2021 “Lasu” Vino Rosso
Muraje

The 2021 Las vino rosso goes into barrel for 6-8 months. After malolactic fermentation, the wine stays in stainless steel until being bottled in September. Almost half of the Las is Neret, a grape with less tannin/acid than Picotendro.

The grapes are about 60% Nebbiolo and 40% other local red grapevine varieties, widespread in the Canavese and Pre-Alpine areas (Neyret, Ner d’Ala, Vernassa and others); the vines are on everage 50 years old and are trained using the ancient pergola caremese (topia in local dialect) method. Las is the dialectal term to indicate the third wooden beam (starting from the lowest which is the Sumi) of the order of beams that make up the Caremese pergola structure: the Las rests on the Percia, which in turn rests on the larger Sumi. Grapes were harvested and sorted manually in mid-October. In the evening, the grapes were de-stemmed and pressed, and the must went into stainless steel tank for spontaneous alcoholic fermentation. The must was pushed down manual once daily. Contact with the skins lasts on average a month and a half. After the racking and the pouring off, the wine was put in exhausted tonneau and barrique and some glass carboys. In the spring the wine, after spontaneous malolactic fermentation process, was racked again in exhausted tonneaux and barrique. The wine is usually bottled in September following the harvest.

Las is an extremely elegant wine, ethereal, delicate, and playful, a featherweight packing flavor and juice. It gives the false impression of simplicity and is yet entirely unique, an approachable wine with an intellectual soul. High-toned with crunchy red fruits and hints of spice including white pepper. Tannins are subtle, leaving a wine that is extremely approachable and versatile. This wine can easily accompany dishes that would otherwise pair with a white or ros. – winery