Sparkling
Gemma
By Cantina Sant'Evasio, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
A metodo classico Pinot Nero and Chardonnay blend from vineyards between Strevi and Castino, aged a minimum of three years on the lees under the Alta Langa DOCG.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow with golden highlights, with a fine, long-lasting perlage. Opens on classic bread-crust and flinty mineral notes, then reveals ripe yellow fruit with hints of redcurrant and a floral wisteria note, plus lightly toasted hazelnut. Crisp, sapid, structured, fresh palate with barely perceptible firmness.
Pairs well with
Recommended paired against type with second courses, preferably raw meats; also good with intensely flavoured vegetable dishes.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Alta Langa D.O.C.G.
- Grape
- Pinot Nero 90%, Chardonnay 10%
- Production area
- Hills between Strevi and Castino
- Soil
- Grey-whitish marl, high in limestone
- Harvest
- End of August, by hand, whole bunches laid in crates
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training at 250-450m above sea level, 4,000-5,000 vines per hectare, average yield 80 quintals of grapes per hectare, average vine age 25 years
- Vinification
- Classic method (metodo classico): tirage in April, minimum 36 months on the lees, minimum 36 months bottle ageing, dosage 7g/L; disgorged and finished as a brut spumante.
- Serving temperature
- 4-6°C, in Giugiaro-designed 'Grande' flutes
- Storage
- Minimum 36 months on the lees plus minimum 36 months in bottle before release
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