# Georgette (Franco M. Martinetti)

> Red by [Franco M. Martinetti](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/franco-m-martinetti.md), Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/franco-m-martinetti-georgette).

- **Producer:** Franco M. Martinetti
- **Style:** Red
- **Grape:** Croatina
- **Production area:** Comune di Monleale (AL)
- **Soil:** Loose clay-loam, calcareous soil
- **Exposure:** South-West
- **Harvest:** Second decade of October
- **Vineyard planting:** About 310 m altitude, hillside vineyard, rootstock 420A, spurred cordon trained with Guyot pruning, vines over 30 years old, about 1.2 hectares.
- **Vinification:** Grapes hand-harvested (yield about 45 quintals/ha grape, 30-31 hl/ha wine); destemmed and pressed, cold pre-fermentation maceration, macerated on the skins for about 8 days at controlled fermentation temperature, aged in fine-grain French oak barriques for 10-12 months.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-29



## Summary

Georgette is dedicated to the woman you love, made entirely from Croatina, one of Piemonte's great native red grapes.

## Tasting notes

Deep, almost impenetrable ruby colour; the nose gives blueberry, plum and oriental spice, and careful barrique ageing softens the sharper edges into a warm, alluring wine, powerful yet still elegant. Georgette expresses to the full the character of the Croatina grape, tended with meticulous care on the vine through to the October harvest; the tannic structure is well present but wraps the palate like the finest cashmere, with an almost endless finish.

## Food pairings

Georgette does full justice to Croatina, one of the great native grapes of southern Piemonte, alongside the best game dishes and well-aged hard cow's milk cheeses.