Claudio Vio - Riviera Ligure di Ponente Pigato 2023 (750ml)
Price: $29.99
| Producer | Claudio Vio |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Liguria |
| Varietal | Pigato |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Sku | 201398 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Claudio Vio Description
Pigato grows throughout Liguria, but the best is in the “zona dell’ albenganese”, or the region around and above the coastal town of Albenga. Jancis Robinson’s Wine Grapes book says, “Morphological and DNA comparisons have clearly established that… Pigato and Vermentino are one and the same variety”, but many people in Ligurian wine growers disagree. The grapes certainly don’t look the same in the vineyard, and the resulting wines taste different, even when vinified the same. The name “Pigato” comes from a dialect word meaning freckled and refers to the spotted appearance of the grape skins.
Wine Pairing: As an aperitivo and with fish and lighter vegetable dishes (including pesto). As the wine ages, it will stand up to stronger dishes (game birds?) and aged cheeses and becomes a candidate for a vino da meditazione.
