Colombera & Garella Cavazucchi Vino Rosso 2019

About the wine

Single vineyard wine from the Mesola hill in Brusnengo – deep, structured, and age-worthy nebbiolo with a classic Piedmontese profile.

Cavazucchi is made from a traditional Northern Piedmont blend with nebbiolo (85%), croatina (10%), and vespolina (5%). It is a wine with concentration, complexity, and an expression that mirrors the raw volcanic soil beneath the vines.

The aroma greets you with dark cherries, dried flowers, crushed stone, and a hint of smoke and tar. The taste is firm and rich in tannins, yet elegantly lifted by high acidity and precise minerality, keeping the wine lively and balanced all the way to the long finish.

The Cavazucchi vineyard is southwest-facing at an altitude of 350 meters on the Mesola hill and is cultivated with classic guyot. The soil consists of porphyritic sand of volcanic origin – orange in color and with low pH – which gives the wines from this area their special structure and intense minerality. The yield is kept low at just 35 quintals per hectare.

Vinification is traditional without temperature control with pumpovers and délastage – a method where the must is drained and poured back over the skins for gentle extraction and aeration. The malolactic fermentation occurs spontaneously, after which the wine ages for three years, two of which are in large barrels and finally in cement, where it settles and gains calm.

Cavazucchi has enormous aging potential – over 30 years – but can also be enjoyed in its youth with the right setting.

The vintage is indicated on the bottle in the Lotcode (Lotto L.C2019)