Red
La Vigna dell'Angelo Riserva
By Cascina La Barbatella, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Il Vino Bello rating: 4.5 / 5
A single-selection Riserva from the nine best-exposed rows of the Vigna dell'Angelo, first made in 2015 and aged for years in tonneau before release.
Tasting notes
Made only in the best years from the nine best-exposed rows of the Vigna dell'Angelo, vinified and aged in 500-litre barrels for as long as the wine itself dictates. The estate calls it the most noble and austere expression of Nizza, built to defy time.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nizza DOCG Riserva
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Annunziata
- Production area
- Nizza Monferrato, at 220 m altitude
- Soil
- Calcareous tending to sandy
- Exposure
- South
- Harvest
- Third decade of September
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1950; Guyot training; about 4,500 vines/ha
- Vinification
- Destemmed and crushed, then fermented on the skins in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 26 to 28°C for 15 to 20 days with frequent pumping over and punching down; malolactic fermentation in tonneau. Aged 24 to 30 months in 500-litre French oak tonneaux, then 6 to 12 months in bottle before release.
- Serving temperature
- 18°C
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