Description
The Gattinara Osso San Grato Riserva is produced on the Antoniolo family farm founded in 1948 by Mario Antoniolo in upper Piedmont, north of the province of Vercelli. Since the foundation, the guidelines of Mario and his daughter Rosanna have been love for wine and respect for the land, which come together in the production of wines of great quality and depth. Even today, in the third generation, the territory of origin and the Nebbiolo are the symbol of this family reality and of the respect for the Piedmontese cultural and winemaking tradition. Viticulture is simple and non-invasive to allow nature to carry out its work of evolving the grapes. Osso San Grato is one of Antoniolo's three famous crus, covering approximately 5 hectares, with a southern exposure and porphyry soil of volcanic origin.
The Gattinara Osso San Grato Riserva is a still red wine that stands out for its harmony of flavors and a hint of bitterness that makes it a wine capable of competing with the great reds at a national level. Produced from pure Nebbiolo, from the vines that have accompanied Antoniolo since its foundation, it is called DOCG and its production is restricted to the municipality of Gattinara. In the cellar, traditional methods are preferred, from vinification in concrete vats with indigenous yeasts to maceration on the skins for 20 days and long aging, during which the wine has time and space to evolve and acquire its own organoleptic characteristics. The aging process begins in large oak barrels for 24-30 months, completing in the bottle for 12 months.
Tasting notes
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1948
- Oenologist: Alberto Zoppis Antoniolo
- Bottles produced: 60.000
- Hectares: 12
The company covers an area of 20 hectares of which 15 are vineyards, facing south-west, which ensures adequate sunlight and shelter from cold winds by exploiting the Alps to the north, the foothills foothills, density d ' plant is 3000 vines per hectare and an average age of about 20 years.
The hectares of vineyards are divided into five vineyards: San Francisco, San Grateful Bone, Castle, from which derive the most prestigious cru Gattinara, Borelli and Valferana which derive Coste della Sesia Nebbiolo DOC Juvenia the Nebbiolo Coste della Sesia DOC Rosato Bricco White and Lorella Borella.
Their philosophy has always been based and committed to production without compromise, "Gattinara Wine" of high quality, with grapes grown exclusively from their vineyards. Wine away from any globalization of aromas and flavors, where the strong minerality and acidity are marked a clear and unequivocal expression of the territory where it is produced.
These are wines that taste after taste, that you can not fall in love. Read more
| Name | Antoniolo Gattinara Riserva Osso San Grato 2020 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Gattinara DOCG |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Vendor | Antoniolo |
| Story | Founded in 1948 by Mario Antoniolo, the farm of the same name was established from the beginning to enhance the wines of Gattinara. In the 1980s, Mrs Rosanna took over management. With the help of her children Lorella and Alberto, she produces and bottles DOC and DOCG wines exclusively from the estate's vineyards, an area that today totals 12 hectares mostly occupied by Nebbiolo. "Osso S. Grato" is a cru extending over 5.5 hectares. Here, the Nebbiolo vines were planted in the early 1960s on south-facing soils of volcanic origin. |
| Origin | Gattinara (Vercelli). |
| Soil composition | Volcanic origin, facing south. |
| Yield per hectare | 5,000 kg/hectare. |
| Aging | In medium-capacity oak barrels for 30 months. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |

