White

Pasinot

By Le Strette, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy

Le Strette Pasinot

Critics and guides

  • Award: 100 Vini Rivelazione (Associazione Italiana Sommelier, Vitae 2027), vintage 2024 (source)

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The single-hill cru Nascetta from the Pasinotti slope, home of the oldest surviving Nascetta vineyard (1948), made to show the grape's structure and ageing potential.

Tasting notes

Straw yellow of good, sometimes deeper, intensity. A complex nose of flowers, acacia honey, ripe exotic fruit, citrus and aromatic herbs, occasionally with a faint flinty, reductive touch. Elegant and harmonious on the palate, with good savouriness and firm structure that promise length, personality and ageing potential

Pairs well with

Cured meats, meat starters, vegetable and fish antipasti, richer first courses, medium-aged cheeses

Technical details

Style
White
Denomination
Langhe DOC Nas-cëtta del Comune di Novello
Grape
Nascetta (Nas-cëtta) 100%
Cru / vineyard
Pasinotti
Production area
Pasinotti hill, southern slope of Novello, just outside the Barolo DOCG zone; 330 to 360 m above sea level
Soil
Calcareous marl on a moderately sandy, fairly loose texture
Exposure
South
Vineyard planting
Vertical trellis, single Guyot pruning; 5,000 vines per hectare; planted 1948 to 2016. Includes a 'collection vineyard' of about 750 vines propagated from 29 healthy old plants selected in three Novello vineyards, among them the 1948 Pasinotti parcel (the oldest Nascetta vineyard still in production)
Vinification
Destemmed and crushed, cold pre-fermentation maceration, then gentle pressing. Slow, steady fermentation in stainless steel at 18°C. At least 12 months on the fine lees before bottling, then at least 6 months in bottle before release
Storage
Built for ageing; the producer highlights its longevity and evolution potential

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