From some of the most acidic soils in Italy, with quartz and syenite, the deeply-hued Torraccia del Piantavigna is 100% nebbiolo from the vineyards of Jerbion and Le Lurghe in Gattinara. The wine is garnet-hued with tinges of orange and aromas of violet on the nose. Mineral, with nebbiolo's characteristic aggressive tannins, this has benefitted from a little bottle age.