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Cantina di Nizza

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The winery 3

The monferrato 4

Our wines 5 • White wines 6 • Red wines 12 • Sweet wines and Distilled 21

Contacts 25

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History and dream of a winery

In October 1955 in Nizza Monferrato, in the heart of Piedmont, someone realised that gathe- ring together all the farmers who had worked their vineyards for so long alone, might lead to something completely new. The Cantina sociale di Nizza Monferrato owes its foundation also to the pride and the local patriotism of its town and its people, who always lived for and believed in grapes. The Cantina di Nizza has always worked hard to keep its equipment and technology and, of course, its ideas, up to date, and equally importantly, striven to stay in the vanguard of selling and producing wine, while at the same time respecting the tradition of the region. This because for the last almost 60 years, Cantina di Nizza’s aim has been carrying over to our pre- sent the tradition and the secrets of the ancient way of “wine-making”. This was possible just by unravelling the secrets and techniques of wine-making – sometimes archaic and indefinite, often the result of the talent and the wisdom of those who know how – to hand down these methods and improve them with the help of the technology and new enological knowledge. In this way, the Cantina di Nizza is both a witness to the past and an interpreter of the future of a part of Piedmontese culture and life.

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The Monferrato

Monferrato is a generous wine producing region – a historically disputed borderland – in the heart of Piedmont, stretching from the edge of Turin to the eastern boundaries of Alessandria, while from North to South it covers the area from the hilly part of the Po river to the Langa of Asti. A vast area where the wine rules uncontested, covering a wide range of varieties reflecting the wide differences in the landscape. From the Ovada area dotted with castles and vineyards, to the territory of Casale where the final hill tops overlook the rice-fields. Then, in the centre, the Monferrato of Asti, where most of the DOC wines (such as Barbera, Moscato, Dolcetto, Freisa, Grignolino and Asti spumante) are produced and from where you can take in at a glance the lawns, fields and poplar-groves of the valleys, the hills and the vineyards, kingdom of vine. This is the kind of landscape you will come across, going up between Castelnuovo Calcea and Montal- do Scarampi, between Calosso and Santo Stefano Belbo, between Costigliole and Montegrosso, between Vinchio and Nizza Monferrato. This is where the heart of Monferrato beats.

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Our wines

There are 550 hectares of vineyard worked by the 250 members selling their grapes directly to the Cantina di Nizza on the sunny hills around Nizza Monferrato. Every vintage 50.000 quintals of selected and valuable grapes reached our winery. 61% of the amount it is the best Barbera di Nizza grape. The rest is Moscato, Cortese, Brachetto, Dolcetto and Pinot Chardonnay. Thanks to these wonderful grape variety the Cantina di Nizza produces 35.000 hectolitres of wine per year. A part of it is sold loose, while a little very selected amount is bottled.

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Sammichele spumante Spumante Wine Brut

Sammichele Brut, sparkling and light with a fine perlage and the delicate scents of fra- grant bread and dried fruits. Cantina di Niz- za offers this effervescent, pale-yellow spumante, made with the Charmat Method, to all the lovers of “all-meal” bubbles and to those fond of a refreshing daily aperitif.

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Orobrut Spumante wine traditional method

Sparkling wine, obtained from Pinot Noir grapes according to the complex methodology of the traditional system. The slow refermentation in bottle gives this wine its typical foam and a perlage of inviting and fine bubbles. This is pure style appealing both to your eyes and your palate. Its elegance and delicacy result from the perfect harmony of different aromas of the purest clearness. Perfect to be served with appetizers but it can be drunk also all over a meal. Recommended serving temperature 4°– 6° C.

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Bacchebianche Monferrato Bianco Doc

Brilliant white wine, it is a blend of Chardon- nay and Sauvignon, vinified as white, co- ming from imported wines, then succesfully cultivated in our local territory. Short term élévage in little oak barrels. Perfect with rich fish plates, as well as hot hors d’oeuvres. Best served at 10°C.

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Serica Cortese Alto Monferrato Doc

Light straw-yellow wine with green reflexes and a personal aroma of flowers and fruits, with hints of apple and hawtorn. It is dry, savoury and agreeably bitter, excellent with see food and fish. Best served between 8°- 10°C.

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Labrì Piemonte Chardonnay Doc

Straw-coloured wine with a fruity and delicate bouquet and a lively, dry and bitterish flavour. Perfect with grand shellfish dishes. Best served cool, between 8°-10°C.

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Sammichele Frizzante wine white

Wine obtained by a selected blend (cuvée) of Pinot Chardonnay and Cortese. The vini- fication is refined by a refermentation pha- se providing an agreeably cool, sparkling ef- fect. It is excellent with fish and it can also accompany a whole meal. To be served cool, between 8° and 10° C.