The everyday wine: Picollo 6-Bottle Wine Case from Piemonte
2 different wines · 6 bottlesAlcohol content: 13–14.5%About the wine case
Your package will arrive at your doorstep within4 - 16 days
Picollo will receive and pack your order (1 - 4 days)
The courier will pick up your order and deliver it straight to your door
Price
Price incl. alcohol tax, shipping and VAT.
Your package will arrive at your doorstep within4 - 16 days
Picollo will receive and pack your order (1 - 4 days)
The courier will pick up your order and deliver it straight to your door
What's in your box?
Winemaker's notes
Barbera is for sure one of our favourite varieties. Lot of colour, low tannins but a nice acidity that can keep the bott...Product details
- Country:
Italy- Region/Subregion:
- Piemonte/Langhe
- Classification:
- DOC
- Certification:
- None
- Grape:
- Barbera (100%)
- Vintage year:
- 2025
- Color:
- Deep violet-red colour
- Aroma:
- Initial balsamic notes of incense give way to floral aromas of violet and wild blueberries
- Taste:
- The palate opens with a smooth texture immediately followed by the grape variety's characteristic acidity and notes of plum in syrup on the finish
- Alcohol content:
- 14.5%
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Best Served:
- 16 - 18 °C
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Asian cuisine
- Beef
- Charcuterie
- Mature and hard cheese
- Mild and soft cheese
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soil:
- Clay, Limestone
- Terroir:
- Grapes sourced from our small "surì" vineyard located next to the orchard, planted on clay-limestone soils, together with grapes from another vineyard with a more heterogeneous soil composition. Trained with Vertical Shoot Positioning and Guyot pruning.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Steel (100%)
- Storage:
- Bottle (100%) 6 months, Steel (80%) 4 months, Old oak (20%) 4 months
De-stemming and crushing with alcoholic fermentation at controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks for approximately 15–20 days. Malolactic fermentation and racking follow. 20% of the wine was aged in used oak barriques, while the remaining 80% stayed in stainless steel tanks until blending, with bottling taking place in spring. At least 2 months of bottle rest before it goes on the market.
Winemaker's notes
Arneis might be the most widely recognized still white wine from Piemonte. In our version it is a fresh and floral wine ...Product details
- Country:
- Italy
- Region/Subregion:
- Piemonte/Langhe
- Classification:
- DOC
- Certification:
- None
- Grape:
- Arneis (100%)
- Vintage year:
- 2025
- Color:
- Pale straw yellow colour
- Aroma:
- The nose initially reveals citrus and graphite notes, followed by peach and hawthorn blossom aromas
- Taste:
- On the palate, a delicate balance of acidity and sapidity stands out
- Alcohol content:
- 13%
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Best Served:
- 10 - 12 °C
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Aperitif
- Asian cuisine
- Mild and soft cheese
- Lean fish
- Fatty fish
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soil:
- Limestone
- Terroir:
- Two small vineyards with different exposures and calcareous-silty soils. Vertical Shoot Positioning with Guyot pruning.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Steel (100%)
- Storage:
- Steel (100%) 5 months, Bottle (100%) 6 months
Gentle pressing and alcoholic fermentation of the clarified must at controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks for 20–30 days with lees stirring. After alcoholic fermentation, the wine is racked and remains in stainless steel tanks on its fine lees with periodic bâtonnage until bottling in spring. Following this, the bottles rest for a minimum time of 2 months before we start selling them.
Picollo
Barbera d'Alba DOC
16,79 EUR/Bottle
Winemaker's notes
Product details
- Country:
- Italy
- Region/Subregion:
- Piemonte/Langhe
- Classification:
- DOC
- Certification:
- None
- Grape:
- Barbera (100%)
- Vintage year:
- 2025
- Color:
- Deep violet-red colour
- Aroma:
- Initial balsamic notes of incense give way to floral aromas of violet and wild blueberries
- Taste:
- The palate opens with a smooth texture immediately followed by the grape variety's characteristic acidity and notes of plum in syrup on the finish
- Alcohol content:
- 14.5%
- Sugar content:
- 1 g/l
- Acidity:
- 7 g/l
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Closure:
- Agglomerate cork
- Best Served:
- 16 - 18 °C
Food pairings by the winemaker
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soil:
- Clay, Limestone
- Terroir:
- Grapes sourced from our small "surì" vineyard located next to the orchard, planted on clay-limestone soils, together with grapes from another vineyard with a more heterogeneous soil composition. Trained with Vertical Shoot Positioning and Guyot pruning.
- Harvest:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- Steel (100%)
- Storage:
- Bottle (100%) 6 months, Steel (80%) 4 months, Old oak (20%) 4 months
De-stemming and crushing with alcoholic fermentation at controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks for approximately 15–20 days. Malolactic fermentation and racking follow. 20% of the wine was aged in used oak barriques, while the remaining 80% stayed in stainless steel tanks until blending, with bottling taking place in spring. At least 2 months of bottle rest before it goes on the market.
About Picollo
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