PRUNOTTO Bric Turot Barbaresco 1998

PRUNOTTO Bric Turot Barbaresco 1998

PRUNOTTO Bric Turot Barbaresco 1998

THE WINERY – PRUNOTTO

Alfredo Prunotto founded his business in 1922 and was one of Piemonte’s most dynamic exporters until his retirement in 1956. The company passed then to Prunotto’s friend Beppe Colla, now a revered winemaker and one of the founding fathers of modern Piemonte. His defining moment was the decision in 1961 to bottle single vineyard (or Cru) wines from the finest sites; a practice that is now the norm in the region. Those wines were made from bought-in grapes, but in the 1990s the current owners (the Antinori’s of Tuscany), extended the Prunotto holdings including plots in the outstanding Bric Turot and Bussia vineyards.

Today, the estate totals 50 hectares of vineyards in the best wine-producing areas of the Piemonte and has a wine-producing facility equipped with the most modern technology available, making Prunotto one of the most important winemaking estates in the Piedmont region.

BARBARESCO BRIC TUROT

This balanced and pleasant Barbaresco is the result of a combination of factors: the vineyard’s diversified exposure due to the shape of the “bricco” (the summit of a hill in local dialect), a specific clonal selection and aging in barrels of different capacities.

-The history-

Bric Turot is one of Prunotto’s historic vineyards. Its name means ‘summit of a small hill’ and local producers have always called this small parcel “La Turota” or “La Torretta” (small tower) in local dialect due to its prominent geographic position.

-Tasting notes-

• Bric Turot is an intense garnet red color with dark ruby highlights.
• The nose is complex with notes of licorice that balance perfectly with hints of small wild berries, cinnamon, cloves and pleasant violet sensations.

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