Fortified
Vino Chinato
By Rabino, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
A Nebbiolo-based aromatised wine infused with herbs and calisaya cinchona bark, 16.5% alcohol with 30 g/l residual sugar. About 1,000 bottles are made; ageing potential 6 years.
Tasting notes
Notes of spice and cinchona bark, from the careful maceration of the grapes.
Pairs well with
Described as a meditation wine; pairs perfectly with chocolate.
Technical details
- Style
- Fortified
- Denomination
- Vino Chinato
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Canale (CN), Roero
- Soil
- Medium mixture (medio impasto)
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- Mid-September, hand-picked into crates
- Vineyard planting
- Vines planted in 1982; eco-sustainable farming
- Vinification
- Grapes are destemmed and crushed, then ferment in steel tanks at 28 °C for about 20 days, with délestage to extract colour without losing the typical aroma; malolactic fermentation follows. The finished wine goes to a distillery, where herbs selected by the oenologist and calisaya cinchona bark are infused.
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