# Rigadin (Pelissero)

> White, Langhe DOC Riesling by [Pelissero](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/pelissero.md), Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/pelissero-rigadin).

- **Producer:** Pelissero
- **Style:** White
- **Denomination:** Langhe DOC Riesling
- **Grape:** Riesling 100%
- **Cru / vineyard:** Rigadin
- **Production area:** Rigadin vineyard, Ferrere sub-zone, Treiso
- **Soil:** Sandy, silty, very light and permeable, with a deep calcareous subsoil
- **Exposure:** North
- **Harvest:** Mid-September
- **Vineyard planting:** Planted 2010, Guyot, 5,000 vines per hectare, 400 m above sea level
- **Vinification:** Good leaf cover kept until harvest to avoid sunburn. Light skin contact at low temperature, low-temperature fermentation with indigenous yeasts, then rest on the lees over winter with repeated stirring, and straight to bottle.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-30



## Summary

A late-ripening Riesling from a north-facing, windy 400 m vineyard, first made in 2015.

## Tasting notes

Green-yellow with bright reflections. Honey, butter, flint, tobacco and tea, with apricot, pear, lemon, grapefruit, thyme, sage, nettle and hawthorn. Structured and savoury, with good acidity alongside minerality.