Bricco Riva Bianca

Buttafuoco DOC

Location of the vineyard: Solinga Valley.

Soil: gravel-sand soil.

Vineyard: vineyard facing south-west on a steep hillside.

Grapes: Croatina, Barbera and Ughetta di Solinga. The percentages of each grape can vary from vintage to vintage.

Vinification: this wine is produced only in the best vintages. We hand-harvest the grapes using 18 kg plastic crates. The grapes are carefully selected on a sorting table, then are destemmed and pumped into 4 hl Slavonian oak truncated-cone vats where they ferment. The skins are left with the must for a minimum of 40 days. The wine is then racked and put into big oak barrels, where it ages for a minimum of 24 months before bottling. The bottles are stored horizontally in the dark of our cellar for a minimum of 8 months before release.

Tasting notes: bright very deep ruby red colour. Complex nose with black wild fruits, dried plum, tobacco, cocoa, spices, forest floor and the signature balsamic note of the grapes grown in the Solinga Valley. On the palate it’s rich and well-rounded, full-bodied with firm, but fine-grained tannins. Intense, lingering finish. It improves with age, reaching its very best after a minimum of 12 years from the vintage, when time has polished the edginess of youth and softened the tannins.

Pairing suggestions: it pairs perfectly with game and braised or stewed meat. It can be successfully tried with medium-aged cheese.

Service: best served at 18 °C in a glass with a large bowl.

Available formats: 0,75 l bottle, 1,5 l bottle, 3 l bottle and 5 l bottle.

Contains sulphites.

Produced in Italy.