Sassi Wines

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Welcome to SASSI Wines

We are a small family-owned boutique winery located in the Piedmont region of Northwest Italy. Situated in the heart of the Langhe region, our winery is located in the township of Neive, named one of "the most beautiful villages in Italy" by the Tourism Council of the National Association of Italian Municipalities.

Since the opening of the winery in 1997 we continue to produce two primary wines grown on our prestigious hilltop estate of San Cristoforo and Gallina: a Barbaresco DOCG and Dolcetto d'Alba DOC, as well as a limited production of Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.

We personally work the vineyards with our small dedicated team, and follow traditional growing methods to obtain grapes which reflect the essential characteristics of the land and with our passion to produce great wine. All aspects of the winery operations are carried out on-site in the estate cellars using modern equipment starting from the vinification process to packing the wine for distribution.

Our Current Releases

Barbaresco San Cristoforo 2006

Barbaresco San Cristoforo 2007

Barbaresco San Cristoforo 2008

Langhe Nebbiolo 2008

Dolcetto d'Alba 2010

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Castelbourg Hotel 12052 Neive (CN)
Via Castelborgo, 9 tel:0173 67380
www.castelbourg.com

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Enoteca Sogno Di Vino Srl
21013 Gallarate (VA)
2, VIA BORGHI LUIGI
tel: 0331 770231

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Langhe Nebbiolo

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Dolcetto D'Alba DOC 2010

This unpretentious light easy drinking red wine is intended to be drunk within 1-2 years after release. It particularly well-suited to pairing with starters, such as cured meats like prosciutto and other salumi, pasta and pizza dishes. The Dolcetto has a ruby red color with moderate acidity and good intensity tending toward a dark purplish color. The nose is intense and persistent, elegant and with good complexity. Fruity nose, hinting of violets and fresh fruits, and a dry sharp taste with a slightly bitter yet pleasant finish. Serving temperature: 16-18°C.

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Barbaresco San Cristoforo 2004

Produced from hand-selected Nebbiolo grapes, SASSI Barbaresco has a full red garnet color with a highly appealing bouquet of fruit and soft spices (vanilla, pepper). It is warm and elegant to the taste with optimal balance between the softness and the tannins, and with a pleasingly persistent finish. Best served at 18-20°C with meat dishes, game, white truffles, and aged cheeses. It can be enjoyed now or held for ten years or longer.

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Barbaresco San Cristoforo 2001 The Barbaresco wine produced by Angelo Sassi in San Cristoforo respects the traditional methods of wine making in the region in every year of production, but it is, paradoxically, also very modern. The grapes are grown with few necessary practices designed to preserve their quality, with continous attention during the growing season and as a result the the grapes always achieve a high level of quality due to the favorable conditions of the soil and exposure which characterize the San Cristoforo zone of excellence. The work of harvesting, vinification and ageing carried out in the cellar focuses on preserving the quality offered by nature. The Barbaresco of Angelo Sassi's exhibits an intrinsic elegance reflecting both the traditional methods and the characteristics of the highly prized San Cristoforo area. Features
Type	Barbaresco docg
Cru'	Vigna San Cristoforo
Town	Neive
Altitude	320 m
Solar Exposure	South, South West
Vine	Nebbiolo
Production Area	San Cristoforo, Neive, in the Piemonte region located in North West Italy.
Stump for hectare	About 4500
Breeding kind	Guyot
Year	2001
Vintage	2001
Improving	Stainless steel tanks, followed by two years in 1000 liter oak casks.
Ageing	2 years in oak casks and continued ageing in the bottle
Services Temperature	19 – 20°C
Wine making	Traditional method with long maceration on the skins (7-10 days) with the help of manual mixing.
Colour	Burgundy red of good intensity
Fragance	Open, ethereal, medium intensity. Scents of ripe with dried fruits.
Taste	Dry, warm with medium intensity, harmony and persistance
Gastronomic's Combining	Red meats, wild game and cheeses
Grapes' Provenance	100% estate produced
Graft	161-49, 1103P
Year Plant	1971 - 2000
Surface	8900 sq mt (2.2 acres)
Period of Maturity	Mid october
Bottle Produced n.	1500
Da bersi	Due to the correct right method of ageing, the 2000 Barbaresco is ready to drink now but will be drinkable to 2015.
Alcoholic Strength	13.5% by volume

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Type

Barbaresco docg

Cru'

Vigna San Cristoforo

Town

Neive

Altitude

320 m

Solar Exposure

South, South West

Vine

Nebbiolo

Production Area

San Cristoforo, Neive, in the Piemonte region located in North West Italy.

Stump for hectare

About 4500

Breeding kind

Guyot

Year

2001

Vintage

2001

Improving

Stainless steel tanks, followed by two years in 1000 liter oak casks.

Ageing

2 years in oak casks and continued ageing in the bottle

Services Temperature

19 – 20°C

Wine making

Traditional method with long maceration on the skins (7-10 days) with the help of manual mixing.

Colour

Burgundy red of good intensity

Fragance

Open, ethereal, medium intensity. Scents of ripe with dried fruits.

Taste

Dry, warm with medium intensity, harmony and persistance

Gastronomic's Combining

Red meats, wild game and cheeses

Grapes' Provenance

100% estate produced

Graft

161-49, 1103P

Year Plant

1971 - 2000

Surface

8900 sq mt (2.2 acres)

Period of Maturity

Mid october

Bottle Produced n.

1500

Da bersi

Due to the correct right method of ageing, the 2000 Barbaresco is ready to drink now but will be drinkable to 2015.

Alcoholic Strength

13.5% by volume

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Enjoy these images from SASSI Wines!

We have welcomed many visitors to SASSI Wines, including Joanne Weir, an American public television celebrity chef, award-winning cookbook author and cooking teacher, who brings her cooking students each year for a tour of the property and of course a visit to our tasting room.

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Where We Are

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Contact Us

Azienda Agricola San Cristoforo
Via Pastura, 10
12057 Neive (CN) - Italia
Tel.+390173677122
Fax +39017367113
Email Us

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Where to Find & Buy SASSI Wines

In Piemonte:

- Enoteca del Borgo di Neive - Neive (CN)

12052 Neive (CN) - Via XX Settembre, 13
tel:
0173 679904

- Bottega dei Quattro Vini - Neive (CN)

- La Luna nel Pozzo - Neive (CN)

- Enoteca Regionale del Barbaresco - Barbaresco (CN)

- Ristorante Stazione Sassi - Torino (TO)

- La Villa Hotel - Mombaruzzo (AT)

- Vecchio Podere Santa Cristina - Castelnuovo Belbo (AT)

Outside Piemonte:

- Hotel Villa Malpensa - Vizzola Ticino (VA)

- Ristorante Cinque Terre - Milano (MI)

-Ristorante Al Boschetto Da Loris
41100 Modena (MO) - Via Due Canali, 218
tel:059 251759

Germany:

Da Nilo
Danilos Ratsstuben
Hotel / Restaurant
Hauptstrasse 105
69488 Birkenau Tel.: 06201 - 87 31 42
http://www.danilos-ratsstuben.de/

Osteria Da ‘Nilo
Waidallee 8
69469 Weinheim, Deutschland
Tel +49 171 796-0712
http://www.da-nilo.de/

Distributors/Importers:

United Kingdom

- Piedmont Wine

United States of America

-Surdyk’s
303 East Hennepin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: 612-379-3232
Fax: 612-379-7511
http://www.surdyks.com/

We are actively seeking importers for the other than the state of Minnesota in the United States. Please contact us at info@sassiwines.com for potential opportunities.

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Where We Are

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Please contact us to arrange winery visits and tastings. We welcome group visits with advance booking.

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News and Events

Fairs and Trade Shows

Come find us at the annual Fiera Nazionale del Tartufo Bianco d'Alba - http://www.fieradeltartufo.org/

Join us for a full-immersion experience in Barbaresco wines at the Piacere Barbaresco event:
http://www.enotecadelbarbaresco.it/

Join us for the VINUM tasting event in Alba
http://www.gowinet.it/

In the News

Barbaresco Terroir - The Book available for purchase from the Enoteca Regionale del Barbaresco:

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The Winery

Azienda Agricola San Cristoforo is fortunate to be situated in one of the best locations in the region. The winery is located in the municipality of Neive, in the heart of the Barbaresco wine production region. San Cristoforo and Gallina are our two hills, and they benefit from excellent exposure, quality of earth, and superb microclimates. These elements form the foundation that we strive to reproduce in our wines as exemplifying the terroir of Barbaresco.

Started in 1997, the winery over the last several years has begun to commercialize its products in earnest, after the restructuring of the vineyard through the addition of new Nebbiolo vines in 1999 and 2000 and the complete modernization of its cellar operations. Currently the winery has about 1.3 hectares (3.5 acres) of vines from which it produces between 8,000 to 10,000 bottles per year of mostly Barbaresco DOCG and Dolcetto d’Alba DOC, as well as a smaller production of Langhe Nebbiolo DOC.

Our Grapes
Our grape varietals are Nebbiolo and Dolcetto and both are very typical of the region. The noble Nebbiolo grape is one of the most important grape varieties in the Piedmont region, used to produce the prized "queen of Italian wines", Barbaresco.

Grape Sources
100% of the grapes are sourced directly from our property of approximately 1.3 hectares (3.5 acres) at an altitude of 320m s.l.m (1050ft a.s.l.).

Sun Exposure
Our grapes benefit from the southwestern exposure of the property.

Yield Management
Throughout the growing season, we prune back the still green grapes to reduce production yield and to maximize quality. The practice of green harvesting requires skill and a judicious hand, and is based on previous and predicted weather and vintage conditions for each year. Given our small production, our wines convey the characteristics and identity of the terrain and resulting in high concentration of grape juice, sugar and fruit.

Harvest
The perfect moment to harvest each vineyard is determined by the ripeness of the grape, the sugar and acidity content and the weather conditions. Generally we harvest in September or October, depending on the weather conditions and ripening conditions. All of our grapes are hand picked. This manual process requires constant attention from the moment the fruit is picked to the moment it is crushed.

Winemaking Process
The entire vinification process for our wines takes place on our property. We macerate the grape skins in stainless steel vats equipped with automatic recirculation of the grape must.

Ageing
The SASSI Barbaresco is aged a minimum of 1-2 years in French oak barrels. The SASSI Dolcetto is aged directly in the bottle. All of our wines are aged and cellared entirely on our property.

Current Releases

Barbaresco San Cristoforo 2004

Dolcetto D'Alba 2006

Langhe Nebbiolo

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About Us

SASSI Wines is a family-owned winery run by its owners, Angelo and Mary Sassi. Natives of Italy and the United States, Angelo and Mary took over the existing winery in 2003, having "retired" to Neive from their careers in London, England. Their passion for great wine dates back decades, having traveled to many wine regions around the world seeking out and enjoying their favorite wines paired with the food typical of each region. Becoming winemakers has been an incredibly challenging and fulfilling experience that they share with family and friends.

Angelo and Mary apply the same principles of quality and excellence for the production of their wines that they have applied in over thirty years of professional life in engineering, marketing, business development and education spent mostly in the USA, Italy, Great Britain and China. Their passionate objective is to offer limited production, high quality traditional wines to a discerning national and international clientele.

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Our Wines

Barbaresco San Cristoforo 2006

Barbaresco San Cristoforo 2007

Barbaresco San Cristoforo 2008

Langhe Nebbiolo 2008

Dolcetto d'Alba 2010