Red
Nizza
By Cantina Sant'Evasio, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Named Nizza D.O.C.G. from the 2014 harvest onward (previously labelled Barbera d'Asti Superiore Nizza), sourced from the oldest vineyard on the estate under the Nizza appellation's stricter yield rules.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red with violet tones. Intense, very long-lasting bouquet with delicate spiced notes and hints of raspberry, violet and vanilla. Robust, warm palate with sweet tannins and light tinges of cocoa and vanilla.
Pairs well with
Red meat dishes, game and aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nizza D.O.C.G.
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- San Nicolao
- Production area
- San Nicolao hill, Nizza Monferrato
- Soil
- Marl
- Exposure
- South-east
- Harvest
- Between 1 and 10 October, depending on grape ripeness
- Vineyard planting
- Low guyot training, 230m above sea level, from the oldest vineyard on the estate (about 80 years old); yield 70 quintals of grapes per hectare, the estate's own yield about 4,300 litres per hectare against a regulation maximum of 4,900
- Vinification
- Destemmed and crushed, fermented 8-10 days with repeated pump-overs, racked, then malolactic fermentation and tartaric stabilisation in steel. Aged 12 months in oak barriques plus a further 6-8 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 16-18°C; uncork at least an hour before serving and decant into large glasses for aged reds
- Storage
- Refined for at least 18 months before release
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