# Margherita (Cascina Garitina)

> Red, Nizza DOCG by [Cascina Garitina](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cascina-garitina.md), Nizza, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cascina-garitina-margherita).

- **Producer:** Cascina Garitina
- **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
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25


## Summary

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.