Sparkling

Rosé Brut

By Cieck, Canavese, Piemonte, Italy

Cieck Rosé Brut

Rosé Brut is a traditional-method sparkling rosé made from the estate's oldest Falconieri-family vineyards of traditional red varieties trained on pergola, first made by Remo Falconieri in the 1990s.

Tasting notes

Dull ruby red with a fine, persistent perlage; fruity bouquet of redcurrant and raspberry with rose and crusty-bread notes; full, harmonious palate with a frothy fullness and a balanced, persistent aftertaste

Pairs well with

Delicately flavoured antipasti, cured meats, fish, white meats and vegetables, and particularly seafood or fish risottos

Technical details

Style
Sparkling
Denomination
Vino Spumante di Qualità
Production area
San Giorgio Canavese, Piedmont; the oldest vineyards inherited from the Falconieri family
Soil
Moraine soils
Exposure
South, south-west
Vineyard planting
Pergola training on the estate's oldest vineyards; altitude approx. 320 m above sea level; average vine age approx. 30 years
Vinification
Brut style. Whole grapes are soft-pressed with skin contact limited to the duration of pressing, followed by temperature-controlled fermentation and a second, in-bottle fermentation; the producer's page states both 'at least 30 months on lees' and, in the cellar description, 'at least 48 months' before the lees are removed; bottles then undergo manual remuage and degorgement, followed by a further six months in bottle
Serving temperature
8-10°C

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