Red
Gattinara Riserva
By Gaggiano, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy
A Gattinara DOCG Riserva from Nebbiolo alone, aged 47 months with 36 in wood. First produced in 2014.
Tasting notes
Elegant and austere.
Pairs well with
Game and aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Gattinara DOCG Riserva
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Gattinara
- Soil
- Large blocks of quartz and reddish-brown porphyry, with one of the lowest pH levels in the region.
- Exposure
- South-West/South-East
- Harvest
- First half of October
- Vineyard planting
- Classic Guyot
- Vinification
- Destemming and crushing; fermentation in stainless steel with pump-overs and delestage; maceration of 15 to 22 days; malolactic fermentation the following spring. Aged 47 months in total, 36 of them in wood.
- Storage
- Ageing potential: 20 years.