Sweet
Passione
By Cantina Caldera di Fabrizia Caldera, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A red dessert wine made from 100% semi-dried (appassimento) Ruché grapes, aged 12 months in used oak barrels. 14% abv.
Tasting notes
Deep ruby red, intense floral and spicy aroma with notes of honey and vanilla, well-balanced, harmonious, velvety sweetness.
Pairs well with
A rare conversation wine, to be enjoyed with aged cheeses (Castelmagno), desserts and even dark chocolate.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Vino Rosso
- Grape
- Ruché 100%
- Production area
- Castagnole Monferrato
- Soil
- Loamy-silty with a high percentage of limestone
- Exposure
- South-west
- Vineyard planting
- Yield 70 quintals per hectare
- Vinification
- Grapes dried on racks (appassimento), then traditional red vinification carried out in December at 26°C, maceration lasting 6 days, aged 12 months in small used oak barrels, followed by bottle aging.
- Serving temperature
- 12°C
- Storage
- Best consumed after a short period of aging