# Vanotu Riserva (Pelissero)

> Red, Barbaresco Riserva DOCG by [Pelissero](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/pelissero.md), Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/pelissero-vanotu-riserva).

- **Producer:** Pelissero
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbaresco Riserva DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo 100%
- **Cru / vineyard:** Vanotu
- **Production area:** Upper part of Cascina Vanotu, Barbaresco
- **Soil:** Medium texture with a rich limestone component
- **Exposure:** South
- **Harvest:** Harvested on 15 October 2010
- **Vineyard planting:** Planted 1964, Guyot, 4,000 vines per hectare, about 350 m above sea level
- **Vinification:** Fifteen days of traditional maceration on the skins, then new 225-litre French oak barrels from the Troncais forest. Almost seven years of checks and racking before bottling in May 2017, then three more years in glass. About 4,040 litres made from roughly one hectare.
- **Vintage:** 2010
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-30



## Summary

A limited Riserva from the 2010 vintage, released in May 2020 for the estate's 60th anniversary, from the 1964 Vanotu vines.

## Tasting notes

Still intense ruby with only the first orange hints. Blueberry, chamomile, blackberry, vanilla, sage, mint, blackcurrant, red cherry, chocolate, violet, sweet tobacco, raspberry and truffle. Warm, enveloping and tannic, slightly acidic, with a persistent, dry and graceful finish.