Region of Italy: Piemonte

Producer: Cascina Tavjin

Vintage: 2020

Vitigno: Slarina

This wine is from a younger vineyard planted over clay at altitude in Pinerolo. The vineyard, farmed by a friend of Nadia’s, is planted with ten different varieties, as well as plenty of fruit trees. Destemmed grapes, fermented for two months on skins. Very perfumed wine with lovely herbs and spices.

The name might come from the Piedmontese word sinréna (in Italian cenerina, a reference to the bloom that commonly appears on this red grape’s skin (ceneri means ashes in Italian, hence the association with bloom, the powdery deposit sometimes found on the berries). This variety was nearly extinct after as many plantings were removed in favor of Barbera in the early 1900s.

Service tips: Battuta di Fassone