# Piemonte Pinot Nero (Cascina Guido Berta)

> Red, Piemonte Pinot Nero DOC by [Cascina Guido Berta](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cascina-guido-berta.md), Nizza, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cascina-guido-berta-piemonte-pinot-nero).

- **Producer:** Cascina Guido Berta
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Piemonte Pinot Nero DOC
- **Grape:** Pinot Nero 100%
- **Production area:** San Marzano Oliveto (Saline), with a couple of plots in Agliano Terme and Nizza Monferrato
- **Soil:** Limestone-clay
- **Harvest:** End of August to beginning of September
- **Vineyard planting:** Planted 1980-2000
- **Vinification:** Fermented in steel tanks for about 10-15 days; once alcoholic and malolactic fermentation finish, the wine goes into barriques to age for about 9 months.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-26



## Summary

A still, 100% Pinot Nero red aged about 9 months in barrique, hand-picked at the end of August.

## Tasting notes

Bright red with slight garnet reflections. Complex nose of ripe berries and cherries with spicy notes of pepper and leather. Soft and harmonious on the palate, well balanced with good persistence and a lightly tannic, velvety aftertaste.