# Non è (Cascina La Barbatella)

> White, Piemonte DOC Chardonnay 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-non-e).

- **Producer:** Cascina La Barbatella
- **Style:** White
- **Denomination:** Piemonte DOC Chardonnay
- **Grape:** Chardonnay 100%
- **Production area:** Nizza Monferrato, at 220 m altitude
- **Soil:** Calcareous tending to sandy
- **Exposure:** South
- **Harvest:** First decade of September
- **Vineyard planting:** Planted 1995; Guyot training; about 4,500 vines/ha
- **Vinification:** Manual harvest, grapes cooled, pressed and fermented at controlled temperature; malolactic fermentation not carried out. Aged 10 months in French oak barrique, then 10 months in bottle before release.
- **Serving temperature:** 14°C
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

A rare, barrel-aged 100% Chardonnay made only in the best years, first produced in 2015 and held back for extended cellar ageing before release.

## Tasting notes

Only a few hundred bottles are made, exclusively in the best vintages, released after at least two years of cellar ageing. A white wine born from a shared passion and a wager, conceived for long ageing, with a nod to Burgundy.