Sparkling
Brut Rosé
By Brandini, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A rosé Alta Langa from Pinot Noir with a slight skin maceration, grown at 600 to 650 m, 42 months on the lees.
Tasting notes
Perlage fine and persistent. Aroma: red berries and wildflowers. Palate: long and persistent, refreshing acidity. Colour: delicate pink, like onion skin.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Alta Langa DOCG
- Grape
- Pinot Noir 85%, Chardonnay 15%
- Production area
- San Giorgio Scarampi and Benevello, 600 to 650 m altitude
- Vineyard planting
- 600 to 650 m altitude
- Vinification
- Direct pressing at low pressure for 4 hours, free-run and press juices separated. Settled juice ferments in stainless steel at 16 to 17°C; chilled after fermentation to block malolactic conversion, then racked. Bottled in early spring for the second fermentation; 42 months sur lie, then disgorged and dosed, closed with a mushroom cork.
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