Red · 2021
Margherita
By Cascina Garitina, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Margherita is Cascina Garitina's single-vineyard Nizza DOCG named for the vineyard great-grandmother Margherita began working in 1900 and which was replanted in 2002, on friable white calcareous marl.
Tasting notes
Grows on friable white marl that gives it good balance even at a young age.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nizza DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Margherita
- Production area
- Gianola cru, Alto Monferrato, within the Nizza DOCG production zone.
- Soil
- Friable, very fine calcareous (white) marl.
- Vineyard planting
- First worked by great-grandmother Margherita starting in 1900; the vineyard was replanted in 2002.
- Vinification
- Closed with a Korked screw cap with controlled oxygen permeability.
- Vintage
- 2021