Sparkling
Brachetto d'Acqui
By Convento Cappuccini, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Sweet sparkling red Brachetto from 4 ha at Cainula, refermented by the Martinotti method.
Tasting notes
Ruby red colour with fine, persistent bubbles. Intense, complex aroma with floral notes of rose and musk. Sweet, soft and fresh.
Pairs well with
Desserts and fresh fruit, especially strawberries.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG
- Grape
- Brachetto 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Cainula
- Production area
- Ricaldone and Cassine, località Cainula
- 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, 56 hl per hectare
- Vinification
- Short maceration on the skins to extract colour, followed by a light second fermentation by the Martinotti method.
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