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Sig. Felice<\/p><\/div>\n

The “Felice” Nebbiolo wine is fermenting perfectly now. \u00a0 As of today, it’s been macerating on the skins for 3 weeks.\u00a0 Only one day with (3) pump-over\u2019s.\u00a0 With 2 pump-overs the next day, and two more the following day\u2026 that’s it for the pump-overs.<\/p>\n

Then Wednesday of last week (14th of October), the cap was pushed down.\u00a0 Wooden\u00a0 4×4 planks were carefully placed on top of the cap, pushing it down a few centimeters, then the must was topped off.\u00a0 This technique helps the cap stay below the surface to avoid unwanted (volatile) aromas.\u00a0 The wooden planks were of a special type of wood found in the local river.\u00a0 This type of wood is not normally found in the area, and is important to mention that it’s neutral and adds no flavors to the wine. The planks were wet with the wine and dried before use.<\/p>\n

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Felice Vines<\/p><\/div>\n

We’re still waiting for malolactic to start and since we didn\u2019t add anything (no sulfur nor selected yeast), it should begin more easily on it\u2019s own. If it doesn\u2019t start now on it\u2019s own, it will start in the springtime. Potential alcohol at this point is around 13.7%\u00a0 (this is considered low in the area\u00a0 compared to the other Nebbiolo’s\u00a0 in the 2009 harvest).\u00a0\u00a0 J\u00f8rgen visited two other producers and tasted their fermenting Nebbiolo’s. Our Nebbiolo was the most fruity and expressive according to him \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Everyday approximately 10 litters has to be added to the must and topped-up because of the CO2 compacting the cap. The small cement tank has been \u201csvinato\u201d, pressed and the wine from this tank (the same wine of-course) is now being used to refill the to big cement tanks. \u00a0Now it\u2019s only the two big cement tanks. Igino Garberoglio is checking on the wine 3 times a day.<\/p>\n

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J\u00f8rgen Lj\u00f8stad<\/p><\/div>\n

J\u00f8rgen is overseeing our project since he now lives in Italy. Born in Norway in 1974, J\u00f8rgen Lj\u00f8stad in my opinion is one of the greatest palates Norway has today.\u00a0 His interest in wine blossomed while working at the Michelin-starred Bagatelle in Oslo, Norway from 1997-2000.\u00a0 He studied for and passed his Sommelier exam in 2003 (which, believe me,\u00a0 is quite difficult in Norway).\u00a0\u00a0 He then worked for 22 months in a well-known cellar in Barbaresco.\u00a0\u00a0 When J\u00f8rgen came back to Norway, he landed a job with a well-established importer, Moestue Grape Selectons where he remained for a year and half until the Wine Monopoly head-hunted him. He went to work for the Wine Monopoly where he was the Portfolio Developer responsible for all wines from Italy, Portugal and Spain.\u00a0 In 2007 J\u00f8rgen left the Monopoly to co-found the Norwegian-based import company Non Dos AS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s an update from J\u00f8rgen regarding our wine: The “Felice” Nebbiolo wine is fermenting perfectly now. \u00a0 As of today, it’s been macerating on the skins for 3 weeks.\u00a0 Only one day with (3) pump-over\u2019s.\u00a0 With 2 pump-overs the next day, and two more the following day\u2026 that’s it for the pump-overs. Then Wednesday of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,10,27,54,57],"tags":[320,383,458,461,465],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinosseur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinosseur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinosseur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinosseur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinosseur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vinosseur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vinosseur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinosseur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vinosseur.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}