# Vegia (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-vegia).

- **Producer:** Cascina Garitina
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Nizza DOCG
- **Grape:** Barbera 100%
- **Cru / vineyard:** Vegia
- **Production area:** Southern, highest part of the Gianola cru, Alto Monferrato, within the Nizza DOCG production zone, at about 380m above sea level.
- **Soil:** Arenarie di Serravalle (Serravalle sandstone): a light-coloured, compact, calcareous soil formed between 14 and 7 million years ago.
- **Vineyard planting:** Vineyard planted in 1958, one of the estate's oldest.
- **Vinification:** Closed with a Korked screw cap with controlled oxygen permeability.
- **Vintage:** 2021
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

Vegia is Cascina Garitina's single-vineyard Nizza DOCG from the vine planted in 1958 in the highest, southern part of the Gianola cru, on light, compact Serravalle sandstone.

## Tasting notes

Sandstone soil and the Barbera grape give an elegant, vertical, well-balanced Nizza already in its youth, with good ageing potential.