Villa Era. Coste della Sesia

Coste della Sesia DOC.
Spanna di Vigliano.
Grape: Nebbiolo

2018
Old rose and damson on the nose, just a touch of oak.  The palate is so bright, with vibrant crisp berry, and star anise laced, floral fruit.  The tannins are immaculate, this is a very lovely wine.  13.5%

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Villa Era make one of the great, old wines of the Alto Piemonte.  A tiny number of bottles are made each year, which are largely enjoyed by family and friends.  The name of the wine has changed subtly over the years from ‘Vigliano Spanna’ to ‘Rondo’ and now back to ‘Villa Era’.  There is no DOC for Vigliano, so the larger, catch all official classification of ‘Coste della Sesia’ is used.

There are 3 wines made: a rose, the Rondo and their top wine, ‘Villa Era’ which uses the best Nebbiolo grown on a beautiful amphitheatre of vines behind the Villa. 

The grapes are de-stemmed and fermented in a steel tank using a spontaneous* fermentation, after which the wine is aged in French oak for a year.  The wine is bottled without fining or filtration.