Daily pumpovers, submerged-cap maceration lasts 20-25 days, depending on the vintage. Aged 1 year in 8-year-old 225-L barrels, then a second year in 10-year-old 40-HL Slavonian oak botti. After two years of aging, racked to stainless steel for 1-2 months before bottling. Aged 4 months in bottle before release.
"For six generations, Massimo Benevelli’s family has farmed the steep hillsides in southeastern Barolo. Massimo, now forty-one, has worked among its vines since he was fourteen, and he knows exactly how to translate this distinctive terroir, which produces wines with the structure and concentration that epitomize great Barolo from Monforte. None of the soul has been buffed out, but notes of black cherries, forest floor, and blood orange emerge even more polished than usual. Truly phenomenal." - Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant