# Canova Serie Oro (Ressia)

> Red, Barbaresco DOCG Riserva by [Ressia](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/ressia.md), Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/ressia-canova-serie-oro).

- **Producer:** Ressia
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbaresco DOCG Riserva
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo
- **Cru / vineyard:** Canova
- **Production area:** Neive, Canova, 0.46 ha, 380 m a.s.l., south exposure, 4400 vines/ha, Guyot
- **Exposure:** South
- **Harvest:** First weeks of October, hand-picked in perforated crates, depending on phenolic ripeness and climatic conditions; crates moved to a climate-controlled, dehumidified room for a few days
- **Vineyard planting:** Vines planted 2000, 2001; density 4400 vines/ha; Guyot training
- **Vinification:** Soft pressing of Nebbiolo, classic alcoholic fermentation in steel at 30-32 degrees with daily pumping-overs and 14 days maceration; must kept in constant motion for about 3 months for mannoprotein extraction, clarification and malolactic fermentation; 54 months aging in 10 hl French Allier oak / Slavonian oak casks, then finished in steel for pre-bottling; 2 further years of bottle aging before release. Also produced in large formats (Magnum, Jeroboam, Methuselah). Produced only in years the estate considers exceptional; other vintages are used for the Barbaresco Canova.
- **Serving temperature:** 18 C
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-28


## Summary

A Barbaresco DOCG Riserva from a selected parcel of the Cru Canova, made only in exceptional vintages and aged 54 months in oak plus 2 years in bottle, with about 1900 bottles produced in the referenced vintage.

## Tasting notes

Bright, lively garnet. Spirit-macerated fruit, cloves, dried walnut, with secondary notes of gentian and sweet pipe tobacco, great minerality on the finish. Very full-bodied palate with rich, taut tannins, soft fruit giving way to flavor and an important acid vein, almond-like finish.

## Food pairings

Game, main courses of great complexity