Red
Garasin
By Massimo Rivetti, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
One of the estate's most international wines, a Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blend named after Cascina Garassino.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon 50%, Merlot 50%
- Production area
- Neive, Mango
- Soil
- Mixed chalky clay
- Exposure
- South-west, south
- Harvest
- Mid September to early October
- Vineyard planting
- 1 ha (2.47 ac), average vine age 20 years, yield 8000 kg/ha
- Vinification
- Fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel at 24C/75F for 12-15 days with frequent pumping over. Aged 20 months in 225 L French oak barriques, each variety kept separate for one year and blended for the second.
- Serving temperature
- 16C/61F, large tulip glass
- Storage
- Store bottles horizontally. Drinking life 10 years.
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