Red
Il Cavaliere
By Cantine Sant'Agata, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A lean, ready-to-drink Ruchè made from the estate's southern vineyard, 13.5% abv, made separately to show that hill.
Tasting notes
Great harmony and balance with a refined, mysterious aromatic vein. Notes of violet and rose, hay and vanilla; warm-bodied on the palate with long aromatic persistence. Can be drunk young or aged.
Pairs well with
Game such as venison, wild boar and hare, or farmyard birds braised in the same wine; good as an aperitif; also with a shortcrust tart without cream.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG
- Grape
- Ruchè 100%
- Production area
- Mainly the Il Cavaliere vineyard south of the cellar, between Portacomaro and Scurzolengo
- Soil
- Clay with calcareous layers
- Exposure
- South
- Vineyard planting
- 2.13 ha planted in 1997 on the contour of the hill, at 260 m
- Vinification
- Destemming and soft crushing with low sulphur dioxide. Fermentation on the skins for 10 days at 27°C with daily pump-overs. Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel. Not aged in wood.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18°C
- Storage
- Ageing potential 10 years and over
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