CASCINA TAVIJN
Bianca 2020
Piedmont, Italy
Cortese and Chardonnay from vines just beneath Nadia’s home, blended with a little Moscato from her friend Ezio Cerruti. The grapes were destemmed and spent a week on skins before nine months of rest in vat. The result is a simple, soulful maceration that offers stone fruits, citrus and spice.
Cortese, Chardonnay
ABOUT THE PRODUCER
Nadia Verrua’s family has been making wines in the hills of Monferrato in the province of Asti for over a century.
Their ten hectares of fascinating local grape varieties are farmed organically, planted over soft, sandy slopes in Scurzolengo, Castagnole Monferrato and Montemagno. They also keep a large number of hazelnut trees and it is little secret that Nadia’s mum Teresa makes one of the best torta di nocciole in all of Piemonte.
In the simple, old fashioned cantina beneath the family’s home, the wines are made with simple tools and raised in a mixture of big old botti, vats and cement, with nothing added at any stage.
The results are rustic, charming wines which are full of life and encapsulate all that is great about Italian vino da tavola.