Red
Arnest
By Casalone, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A single-varietal Pinot Nero from the Bricco Santa Maria vineyard, aged 18 months in tonneaux with further ageing in magnum bottles.
Tasting notes
Full ruby red color with garnet highlights. Broad and very fine nose, with nice notes of raspberry, violet, tobacco and licorice. Very full and round palate, of great elegance and softness.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Monferrato Rosso DOC
- Grape
- Pinot Nero 100%
- Production area
- Bricco Santa Maria
- Soil
- Clay-calcareous soil
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot pruning with limited buds per vine, cover cropping and cluster thinning
- Vinification
- Crushing and destemming, maceration on the skins for about 12 days at a temperature never above 25 C. Aged 18 months in tonneaux, then a further approximately 12 months of ageing in magnum-format bottles.
- Serving temperature
- 18-20 C
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