Red
Rivella
By Cascina Galarin, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
A Piemonte DOC Pinot Nero from the Rivella vineyard, foot-crushed and aged a year in wood.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red, with an explosive, powerful and generous nose of plum, citron and grapefruit with spicy overtones, gradually showing violet aromas in the glass. Full and intense on the palate, with soft, round, velvety tannins.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC Pinot Nero
- Grape
- Pinot Nero 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Rivella
- Production area
- Village of Castagnole Lanze, between the Langhe and Monferrato, on Guyot-trained vines planted at a density of 5,000 plants per hectare, at an altitude of about 200m.
- Soil
- Clay-calcareous
- Exposure
- North-East
- Vinification
- Grapes are not destemmed but crushed by foot, followed by a 3-day cold maceration. Fermentation takes place in wooden vats with light pumping over; maceration lasts about 10 days, after which the wine is transferred into barrels for malolactic fermentation. It spends about one year in wood before being bottled unfiltered during a waning moon.
- Serving temperature
- 16-17°C