# La Badessa (Cascina La Barbatella)

> Sparkling, Vino Spumante di Qualità Metodo Classico by [Cascina La Barbatella](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cascina-la-barbatella.md), Nizza, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cascina-la-barbatella-la-badessa).

- **Producer:** Cascina La Barbatella
- **Style:** Sparkling
- **Denomination:** Vino Spumante di Qualità Metodo Classico
- **Grape:** Pinot Nero, Chardonnay
- **Production area:** Nizza Monferrato, at 220 m altitude
- **Soil:** Calcareous tending to sandy
- **Exposure:** South
- **Harvest:** First week of September
- **Vineyard planting:** Planted 1987 to 1995; Guyot training; about 4,200 vines/ha
- **Vinification:** First alcoholic fermentation in steel, second part in French oak barrique; malolactic fermentation not carried out. Aged 6 months in second- and third-use barriques, then a minimum of 36 months on the lees in bottle before release.
- **Serving temperature:** 6°C
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

A classic-method sparkling wine from Pinot Nero and Chardonnay, first produced in 2011 and aged at least 36 months on the lees.

## Tasting notes

A Metodo Classico from Pinot Nero and Chardonnay with acid strength and fatness, elegance and longevity, playing on freshness for a dry, well-defined style. The estate notes it is not the bubble you would expect from a land of red wines, though the area has long been suited to sparkling wine.