Ghemme Santa Fe

Growing area

Romagnano Sesia (Province of Novara), Northern Piedmont, Italy.
“Santa Fé” is a hilltop vineyard planted in 1969 on a clay-rich soil with south-west exposure.

Organoleptic notes

Colour: deep ruby red with fine orange hues.

Nose: delicate yet intense, tertiary notes with pleasantly fruity suggestions of violet and strawberry.

Palate: dry, well-balanced and velvety-textured, sapid with good tannin structure and a pleasantly bitter finish. 

Pair with: fine dining and gourmet food. Tagliatelle pasta-based dishes, gnocchi and ravioli with stewed meat sauce, poultry, stewed and roasted meat dishes, game and hard cheeses.

Serving temperature: 18-20°C. 

Grapes and vinification

Varietal: Nebbiolo 85% - Vespolina 15% 

Year of vines planting: 1969

Planting density per acre: 1,680 vines

Yield per acre: 2,400 Kg

Harvest: first 10 days in October

Vinification method: from 20 to 25-day natural fermentation of must in temperature-controlled stainless steel vessels and several days of long maceration on skins.

Ageing: 36 to 48 months in 25-hectolitre Slavonian oak barrels 

Refining: at least 12 months in bottle

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