Gianni Doglia Il Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato 2024 Wine Club Clay limestone soil

Clay limestone soil

The name comes from 1477

making it an easy aperitivo—served over ice

with white orchard fruit

and almonds introduce a medium-bodied wine pressed whole-cluster and aged 15 months in 0-10% new barrels

Gianni Doglia Il Ruche di Castagnole Monferrato 2024 Wine Club Clay limestone soilRuch is one of Piedmont's great hidden treasures an aromatic red grape grown almost exclusively in a tiny pocket around Castagnole Monferrato. Gianni Doglia is among its leading producers, farming sustainably from a small 10 hectare family estate. The grape is striking from the first sniff: rose petals, raspberry, cardamom, a peppery lift that's hard to pin to any other variety. But the palate is the surprise dry, medium bodied, with light but firm