Red
Acqui Secco
By Convento Cappuccini, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Dry red Brachetto macerated about 12 days, with six months in steel.
Tasting notes
Ruby colour with an enveloping floral scent and the unmistakable aroma of Brachetto. Dry, warm and soft, with good persistence.
Pairs well with
Light starters and fish dishes.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Acqui Secco DOCG
- Grape
- Brachetto 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Sant'Antoni
- Production area
- Ricaldone and Cassine, località Sant'Antoni
- Soil
- Ricaldone and Cassine: hills that are sometimes sandy, sometimes calcareous-clay; Cassine has calcareous-clay "white earth" soils
- Exposure
- South, 283 m
- Vineyard planting
- 4 ha, 283 m, mechanical weeding, hand harvest, 50 hl per hectare
- Vinification
- Destemmed and crushed, macerated on the skins for about 12 days at 18 to 20 C with frequent pump-overs. Racked, pressed softly, then malolactic fermentation and six months in steel before bottling.
- Serving temperature
- 18 C
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