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Piedmont, Italy

Luigi Spertino

Luigi Spertino, Grignolino, Monferrato

Luigi Spertino is a wine producer in Piedmont, Italy. LeMieux Wine Co. distributes Luigi Spertino wines to licensed restaurants, bars and retailers in Michigan.

Estate

Mauro Spertino labels his wines under the name of his late father, Luigi. Eleven hectares on La Mandorla hill in the Tiglione Valley near Asti. Grignolino d'Asti is the primary focus, one of Piedmont's most underappreciated varieties, pale in color, tannic and herbal in character. The estate also produces Barbera d'Asti, Cortese, and a Pinot Nero Metodo Classico.

Wines

Grignolino d'Asti is the point of interest, pale, tannic, herbal, with a bitter-almond finish. Barbera d'Asti from the same hill. Cortese for whites. A Pinot Nero Metodo Classico rounds the range.

At a glance

Home
Tiglione Valley, Asti
Since
On the land since 1898; bottling since 1978
The site
La Mandorla, named for its early blooming almond trees
The benchmark
Grignolino, pale and perfumed, the region's reference

Wines in our book

More about Luigi Spertino

The Source Imports, importer

Imported by The Source Imports.

For Michigan restaurants, bars and retailers

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