# ël Fól (Cinque Quinti)

> Red, Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC Riserva by [Cinque Quinti](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cinque-quinti.md), Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/el-fol).

- **Producer:** Cinque Quinti
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC Riserva
- **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; Cardona Formation (about 30 million years ago)
- **Exposure:** South/West
- **Harvest:** 11 October 2021 (2021 technical sheet), picked by hand in the early hours of the morning
- **Vineyard planting:** Planted 2000, Guyot training
- **Vinification:** Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in steel; skin contact for 14 days at 26-27°C; 27 months in French oak barrels; 9 months in bottle; bottled 4 July 2024.
- **Serving temperature:** 14-16°C
- **Storage:** Best evolutionary peak: 15 years
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

A limited special edition, a different wine each harvest; the current one is a 2021 Grignolino Riserva, 15.5% vol. 1,450 bottles, 51 magnums and 9 jeroboams.

## Tasting notes

Ruby red with garnet reflections. Described as elegant, structured, age-worthy and distinctive.

## Food pairings

Great classics of the table such as melt-in-the-mouth braised meat or a succulent rib-eye.