Tenuta il Nespolo

Piedmont
Italy
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Tenuta il Nespolo

Piedmont
Italy
Italy
PRODUCER
Luca Amerio
ESTABLISHED
FARMING PRACTICE
Organic
REGION
Piedmont
Italy
CITY / VILLAGE
CLIMATE
Continental
ELEVATION
SIZE

About

Luca Amerio is a youthful man whose quiet demeanor belies his inventive winemaking style. His family’s ancestral lands are situated in Moasca, a tiny village resting on the southern flank of the province of Asti. Moasca is that rare spot where Asti’s two iconic DOCG zones, Moscato d’Asti and Nizza Barbera, overlap. Now at the helm of his family’s estate, Luca draws from his family’s old-vine plantings in the heralded limestone-clay soils of Asti to produce both classic, appellation-based wines and fresh, appellation-defying bottlings. Chief among the latter is “Vino da Sete,” the estate’s edgy riff on vin de soif composed of Barbera, Freisa, and Sangiovese. Today, Luca’s professional training and his ingenuity are on thrilling display as Tenuta il Nespolo marches into a bright new era.

Products

Vino da Sete Vino Rosso

TYPE
Still / Red
VARIETAL
Barbera, Freisa, Sangiovese
FARMING PRACTICE
Organic
DETAILS

Organic. 55% Barbera, 35% Freisa, 10% Sangiovese. The vineyards are composed of calcareous-clay soils that present chalky-white in the hottest months of summer. The grapes are harvested in early September and immediately delivered to the winery to be pressed together. They co-ferment in stainless-steel tanks with indigenous yeasts and without pump-over or further manipulation. Once the cap rises to the top, it is racked off while alcoholic fermentation is allowed to continue without further skin contact. The wine is then aged for 4-5 months in stainless steel on its fine lees before being bottled in a one-liter with a crown cap.

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Vino da Sete Vino Bianco

TYPE
Still / White
VARIETAL
Cortese, Favorita, Moscato
FARMING PRACTICE
Organic
DETAILS

Organic. 43% Cortese 42% Favorita 15% Moscato. The vineyards are composed of calcareous-clay soils that present chalky-white in the hottest months of summer. The grapes are harvested in early September and immediately delivered to the winery to be pressed separately. The Cortese and Favorita are vinified “in white,” meaning only the pure must is fermented at low temperatures in stainless-steel tanks. The Moscato, meanwhile, is drawn from stainless-steel tanks destined for the estate’s dry Moscato bottling, where the grapes are left in contact with the skins for five days as primary fermentation commences. The three varieties are blended following primary fermentation and subsequently aged for 4-5 months in stainless steel on the fine lees before being bottled in a one-liter with a crown cap.

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