
Muraje Vino Rosso "Lasu" 2021
2021 "Lasu" Vino Rosso MurajeThe 2021 Lasú 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 Lasú 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. “Lasú” is the dialectal term to indicate the third wooden beam (starting from the lowest which is the “Sumié”) of the order of beams that make up the Caremese pergola structure: the “Lasù” rests on the “Percia”, which in turn rests on the larger “Sumié”. 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