Red
Finiere
By La Chimera, Valle di Susa, Piemonte, Italy
Critics and guides
- Award: 100 Vini Rivelazione (Associazione Italiana Sommelier, Vitae 2027), vintage 2025 (source)
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A fresh, medium-bodied Avanà from 60 to 80 year old terraced vines at 750 metres in Chiomonte, named among AIS Vitae 2027's 100 Vini Rivelazione.
Tasting notes
A medium-bodied mountain red, lively rather than heavy, with fresh acidity and great drinkability.
Pairs well with
Bollito (boiled meats), pasta with meat ragù, cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Valsusa DOC
- Grape
- Avanà
- Production area
- Chiomonte, Valle di Susa (Torino)
- Soil
- Loose stony soils of calcareous schist and limestone
- Exposure
- South-facing slope
- Harvest
- By hand in small crates; importer sheet states late October
- Vineyard planting
- Bush-trained (alberello) vines 60 to 80 years old on dry-stone terraces at about 750 to 800 m; yield 3 to 3.5 t/ha
- Vinification
- Selection of Avanà from the oldest terraced vineyards; spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel for 10 to 12 days, malolactic and ageing in steel, then 2 to 3 months in bottle. Made without added sulphites according to Vino.it.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18°C