Sacchetto Pinot Nero 2024
£10.75
The wine
A ripe and juicy Pinot Noir with fresh red berried fruit and a pleasant, fresh finish. An easy-drinking style that asks nothing of you but a slight chill.
Pinot Nero is the Italian name for Pinot Noir, and the Veneto plains are not its natural home, so this is made in a light, fresh style rather than an ambitious one. Fermented without much extraction and aged in stainless steel, it keeps the variety's red-fruit perfume and gentle tannin, and takes a slight chill well.
The producer
Sacchetto
View all Sacchetto winesFounded in 1920 and still in family hands, Cantina Sacchetto sits in the heart of the Veneto. Filiberto Sacchetto runs it today alongside his son Paolo and daughter Beatrice, overseeing every stage themselves with a mix of tradition and a willingness to try things.
The Veneto is Prosecco country, and Sacchetto work across the appellation's tiers: the broad Prosecco DOC that covers most of the region, and the smaller Asolo Prosecco Superiore DOCG in the hills north of Treviso, where the vineyards are steeper and hand-worked. Almost all of it is made by the Charmat method, the second fermentation taking place in pressurised tank rather than in bottle, which is what keeps Glera's delicate pear and white-flower aromatics intact.
In 2022 the estate earned Equalitas certification, the Italian standard that audits the social, environmental and economic sides of sustainability through biodiversity, carbon and water footprint and growing practice. Investment in modern vinification has given them a range of still and sparkling wines that shows what the Veneto does best at a price that rarely disappoints.
