# Gamba di Pernice (Daffara & Grasso)

> Red, Calosso DOC by [Daffara & Grasso](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/daffara-grasso.md), Asti, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/calosso-d-o-c-2018-gamba-di-pernice).

- **Producer:** Daffara & Grasso
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Calosso DOC
- **Grape:** Gamba di Pernice 100%
- **Production area:** Calosso
- **Harvest:** Late October; a late-ripening variety
- **Vineyard planting:** Vines grown from cuttings of historic vines found around Calosso
- **Vinification:** Picked into crates, destemmed and fermented on the skins for about 15 days at 25 °C. Racked off at the end of fermentation, with malolactic in steel. Mandatory ageing of at least 20 months: 50% in third and fourth-passage wood, the rest in steel.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

A Calosso DOC from 100% Gamba di Pernice, a native late-ripening variety grown from cuttings of old local vines, aged at least 20 months.

## Tasting notes

Ruby red with garnet reflections. Intense and spicy, recalling green pepper, slightly vanilla-scented and balsamic with age. Properly tannic, full-bodied and mineral, with a spicy aftertaste echoing the nose.

## Food pairings

Cured meats (page category)