Red

Tanzo

By Pietro Cassina, Alto Piemonte, Piemonte, Italy

Pietro Cassina Tanzo

A single, limited-production selection of Lessona DOC Nebbiolo from a deliberate harvest choice, aged about three years in oval Austrian oak before further time in bottle.

Tasting notes

Intense ruby red turning toward orange with age. Very intense, persistent nose of rose and violet followed by cherries and red berries, closing on spice and minerality. Dry palate with well-developed tannins, intense, balanced and persistent; an important, velvety structure.

Pairs well with

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.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Lessona DOC
Grape
Nebbiolo 100%
Production area
Cascina Chignalungo estate, Municipality of Lessona, east and southwest zones 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 second week of October
Vineyard planting
Espalier Guyot training, about 5,000 vines per hectare, 290 m above sea level
Vinification
Grapes are hand-picked in small 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 spontaneous fermentation and 7-10 days of skin maceration below 28°C, with punching down and pumping over about twice a day. The wine is racked and aged in 15-25 hl oval barrels of Austrian and Swiss oak for about 26-27 months, 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

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