Sparkling

40 Rose

By Cantine Crosio, Canavese, Piemonte, Italy

Cantine Crosio 40 Rose

Rose Metodo Classico from a red-berried variety, 18-24 months on the lees.

Tasting notes

Antique pink with coppery glints and a fine, elegant perlage. Notes of wild fruit such as small red apples, rowan, redcurrant and old red vineyard peaches. Fine freshness and good savouriness support the fleshy body, with an almond finish.

Pairs well with

Seafood salads, seared octopus, salmon and tuna tartare, and sushi. Also hot arancini, pumpkin tortelli, cotoletta alla valdostana and scaloppine alla pizzaiola.

Technical details

Style
Sparkling
Denomination
Vino Spumante Metodo Classico
Production area
Hills of Caluso (Canavese)
Soil
Moraine soil, rich in gravelly debris and sand
Vineyard planting
Guyot; vines 12-15 years old
Vinification
Hand-harvested in crates. Cryomaceration of whole bunches for about 7 days at 0 C. Grapes are crushed and left in the press for about 15 hours, then softly pressed and the must settled. Fermentation with selected yeasts in steel at 15 C, 9-10 months on the lees with batonnage. Second fermentation in bottle, then 18-24 months on the lees.
Serving temperature
8-10 C

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