Cantina della Serra. Canavese Rosso

Canavese DOC Rosso
Grape Barbera, Nebbiolo, Freisa, Neretto

Plum, strawberry, crushed ripe forest-fruit with some rose and cinnamon, it just smells like proper wine, something that could be taken quite seriously.  It is amazingly vibrant and vigorous, bursting with spicy raspberry, damson and strawberry; great fresh Canavese red!  13%

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A hugely popular local wine, not one that is often exported, and I think I understand why.  There is nothing flashy about this red, it is neither under nor over-stated, it is a constant that represents the fine work of the Cantina.  The exact blend changes according to the vintage; the grapes are from a spread of the cooperative’s 200 members; their vines are mature and either Pergola or Guyot trained.  The hand-harvest starts in October.  All the bunches are destemmed, crushed then fermented with the skins for 8-10 days in concrete tanks.  The wine is then racked-off the skins and aged in concrete tanks for 6 months, before being bottled with a light filtration.