Red

Santa Lucrezia

By Cantine Povero, Roero, Piemonte, Italy

Cantine Povero Santa Lucrezia

A Cisterna d'Asti Superiore from Croatina, locally called Bonarda di Cisterna, 2021 vintage, 14% alcohol, 29 g/l extract. Gold medal at Mundus Vini for the 2019.

Tasting notes

Intense ruby red with garnet reflections. Raspberry, strawberry, wilted rose and blueberry juice, then resin, forest floor, black pepper and camphor, with the typical green-stalk taste of Croatina. Rich, soft and balanced, with a slight tendency to off-dry and a dense tannic weave; almond on the long finish.

Pairs well with

Cooked salami, white-meat roasts, agnolotti with ragù, einkorn soup, chickpeas.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Cisterna d'Asti DOC Superiore
Grape
Croatina 100%
Production area
The estate's first vineyard certified organic (1998), dedicated to Lucrezia, first-born of the family's fourth generation; 1.2 hectares, 7,000 bottles (2021); some old own-rooted Croatina vines are almost a century old (Tenuta Laramè, between Cisterna d'Asti and Canale d'Alba)
Soil
Rich in sands and calcareous clays
Vineyard planting
Espalier training with guyot pruning; 1.2 hectares
Vinification
Fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel at 28°C for 12 to 15 days; aged in 2,500 l Slavonian oak casks.
Serving temperature
16 to 18°C
Storage
Best within 8 years of the harvest

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