# Santa Lucrezia (Cantine Povero)

> Red, Cisterna d'Asti DOC Superiore by [Cantine Povero](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cantine-povero.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/santa-lucrezia-cisterna-d-asti-doc-superiore).

- **Producer:** Cantine Povero
- **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
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

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.

## Food pairings

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