# Ghemme (Paride Chiovini)

> Red, Ghemme DOCG by [Paride Chiovini](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/paride-chiovini.md), Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/paride-chiovini-ghemme).

- **Producer:** Paride Chiovini
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Ghemme DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo 100%
- **Production area:** Municipality of Ghemme (0.30 ha)
- **Soil:** Clay-sandy, acidic reaction
- **Exposure:** South-south/west
- **Harvest:** Manual harvest in crates, mid-October
- **Vineyard planting:** Older vineyard parcels are planted at low density; despite their age they have reached productive balance thanks to well-developed root systems, which brings out the site's typicity. Newer plantings exceed 4,000 vines per hectare, laid out to make the most of sun exposure. All vineyard work, from winter pruning to summer green pruning, is done by hand to avoid stressing the vines.
- **Vinification:** Red vinification with maceration in steel tanks for about 20 days at controlled temperature, with pump-overs every 8 hours. Malolactic fermentation in steel in November/December. Matured in steel for the first 4 months, then aged a minimum 18 to 20 months in 5 hl French Allier oak tonneaux, with a required minimum 6 months' refinement in bottle after bottling. Yield: 70 quintals per hectare.
- **Serving temperature:** 20°C
- **Storage:** A wine of great longevity when stored in the dark in a cool cellar; keeps improving for the first 8 to 10 years.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-26


## Summary

Ghemme DOCG, made from 100% Nebbiolo grown in the municipality of Ghemme, where the wine is first documented in Roman times under Tiberius; aged a minimum 18 months in French oak tonneaux plus 6 months in bottle.

## Tasting notes

Ruby red with hints of garnet as it ages. Intense, fine bouquet of raspberry and black cherry with notes of chocolate and tobacco. Full, intense and enveloping on the palate, with soft, balanced tannins.

## Food pairings

Hearty pasta dishes with ragu, beef braised in Ghemme wine, red meat roasts, feathered game in salmi or spit-roasted, tapulone, and aged cheeses.