Platinetti Ghemme Ronco Maso 2018

Producer: Guido Platinetti

Ghemme Ronco Maso

️ Ghemme, Piemonte, Italy

Guido Platinetti

2018

Nebbiolo 85%, Vespolina 15%

️  14%

Red Wine

It comes from the last and best rows of Ronco Maso, manual harvesting of fully ripe grapes, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts and maceration for 20 days in steel, then refinement for 24 months in Slavonian oak barrels not first passage, and finally resting for 6 months in the bottle, with a homeopathic dose of sulfur dioxide added

Withered red flower petals and red fruit jam, notes of cocoa and liquorice, dark spices and tobacco

Fresh and saline, powerful, rich and soft, the tannin is silky and the finish is long

Serving temperature 18°-20°

Truffle fettuccine

It comes from the best bunches of the entire company

*This bottle can be purchased without additional costs only in combination with other bottles from the same selection . Otherwise, the shipping costs expected for each individual country will be added, until the free port is reached.

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Ghemme, Piedmont

The Platinetti Agricultural Company is located in the Municipality of Ghemme whose origins are very ancient; in fact, some settlements in this area can even be traced back to the Neolithic period.

At the time of Pliny the Elder it was repeatedly cited with the name of “Pagus Agaminus” from which the ancient “Agamium” derives, today
Ghemme. The vine in Ghemme has been cultivated since time immemorial and the history is very rich in anecdotes and testimonies; one above all deserves to be mentioned: Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour asserted that Ghemme wines are among the Piedmontese wines, those that most resemble the great “Pinot Noir” of Burgundy. This belief of his is based on the conformation and composition of the soils of the moraine hills of Ghemme, very similar to those of Burgundy, as well as the continental climate with strong temperature variations between day and night.

Today Andrea Fontana and his brother, descendants of Guido Platinetti, their maternal grandfather, manage the company. We cannot talk about the company without talking about Ronco Maso, 3.5 hectares, where Ghemme is produced by selecting grapes from the highest part of the vineyard. The Ronco Maso is a ferritized pebbly fluvio-glacial terrace, originally formed by the slow flow of the Monte Rosa glacier and subsequently by the Sesia river which initially flowed right under the Ronco Maso and only later, over the course of millennia, moved its bed towards west.

The presence of high concentrations of minerals, especially of ferrous origin, and the small presence of organic substance in the soil are ideal for vines whose roots are naturally forced to push towards the deep layers in search of nutrients and minerals, bringing this gives complexity, minerality and unique characteristics to the resulting wines.

The South-West exposure allows the plants to receive the sun throughout the day and the orientation of the rows
retouching allows you to contain sunburn on the bunches during the hottest hours. The breeding system is a
Guyot. Spontaneous grassing has been practiced for about 30 years which, in addition to establishing a habitat rich in
biodiversity in the vineyard, allows you to prevent soil leaching phenomena and to work safely with
mechanical means.

The average age of the vines is over 40 years for the southern vineyard and over 30 for the one located to the north. All fermentations are spontaneous and the sulfur dosages are very low.