Red
Solitario
By Cinque Quinti, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's Grignolino from the Olivola hills, about 5,000 bottles. Named Solista on the older page and tasting list, Solitario on the current sheet and wine list. 13% vol.
Tasting notes
Clear, transparent ruby red. Delicately spiced, with citrus notes and small red fruit: freshly picked cherry and strawberry. Fresh and fragrant, with a pleasant, unmistakable tannin.
Pairs well with
In colder seasons with bagna cauda or delicate flavours such as veal escalopes; on hot days served cool with raw fish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC
- Grape
- Grignolino 100%
- Production area
- Olivola (AL), 290 m above sea level
- Soil
- High percentage of limestone with a good balance between silt and clay; white, low-fertility earth rich in marine sediments
- Exposure
- South/West
- Harvest
- 26 September 2024 (2024 technical sheet), picked by hand
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 2015, Guyot training
- Vinification
- Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in steel, half with indigenous yeast and half with selected yeast; skin contact at 25-26°C for 7-10 days; 10 months in steel tanks; 5 months in bottle; bottled 7 July 2025.
- Serving temperature
- 14-16°C, or chilled at 10-12°C
- Storage
- Best evolutionary peak: 2 years
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