# Septem (Pietro Cassina)

> Red, Lessona DOC by [Pietro Cassina](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/pietro-cassina.md), Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/pietro-cassina-septem).

- **Producer:** Pietro Cassina
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Lessona DOC
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo 100%
- **Production area:** Cascina Chignalungo estate, Municipality of Lessona, on land registered as Lessona DOC, east and southwest areas of the property
- **Soil:** Soil shaped by a mix of clay, sand, limestone and silt, which drains well while still holding the moisture the vines need for freshness, minerality and finesse.
- **Exposure:** Southeast to southwest
- **Harvest:** Around the middle of October
- **Vineyard planting:** Espalier Guyot training, about 5,000 vines per hectare, 290 m above sea level
- **Vinification:** Grapes are hand-picked in 7-9 kg crates with a further selection in the cellar. After sorting on a vibrating table, destemming and soft crushing, they drop into temperature-controlled steel tanks for fermentation and 7-10 days of skin maceration at up to 28°C, with punching down and pumping over about twice a day. The wine is racked and aged in wood for about 7 years, then bottled for further ageing in bottle.
- **Serving temperature:** 18-20°C, uncork 1-2 hours before serving
- **Storage:** Ageing potential up to 20-30 years
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

Described by the estate as its most prestigious wine, Septem is a Lessona DOC Nebbiolo aged about seven years in Swiss oak before bottling, from the Cascina Chignalungo vineyard.

## Tasting notes

Intense ruby red turning toward orange with age. Very intense and persistent nose, rose and violet followed by cherries and red berries, then a delicate close of spice and minerality. Dry palate with well-developed tannins, intense, balanced and persistent; good structure, harmonious and velvety.

## Food pairings

Red meats and game such as knife-beaten Fassona, braised or roasted beef and venison; mushroom risotto and tagliatelle; aged cheeses like Parmigiano and Gorgonzola and mountain Toma Piemontese; tajarin with truffle or meat sauce, agnolotti del plin, chicken cacciatore.