White

Ninin

By Le Marie, Pinerolese, Piemonte, Italy

Le Marie Ninin

A skin-fermented native white aged briefly in used barriques. About 1,000 bottles a year, 12.5% vol.

Tasting notes

Golden yellow with amber reflections. Complex nose with delicate aromatics, ripe banana, citrus and tropical fruit. Fine on the palate with a nice acidity, persistent, great length, slightly tannic, delicate aftertaste.

Pairs well with

Excellent all-meal wine, to try with medium and long-aged cow, goat and sheep cheeses.

Technical details

Style
White
Denomination
Vino Bianco
Production area
Estate vineyards in the municipality of Barge, hamlet of Assarti
Harvest
By hand into small crates of about 20 kg
Vineyard planting
Guyot training; maximum yield 80 quintals per hectare
Vinification
Pressed and destemmed grapes ferment in steel on the skins for almost the whole fermentation (8 to 10 days), then rest in steel and age 60 to 90 days in second- and third-passage barriques.
Serving temperature
8 degrees
Storage
Good ageing potential of 3 to 4 years; keep at 12 to 18 degrees

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