Red
Dalera
By De Alessi (Tenuta San Sebastiano), Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A Bordeaux-style blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc with smaller parts of Petit Verdot and Mourvèdre, from the 1 ha Dalera plot. Aged 15 months in wood.
Tasting notes
Ruby red, intense. Herbal and liquorice aromas, with a bouquet of tertiary notes and spices. Broad, dense and soft, elegant and well structured.
Pairs well with
Grilled red and white meats, game dishes, roasts and mixed boiled meats.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Monferrato Rosso DOC
- Grape
- Merlot 50%, Cabernet Franc 50%, Petit Verdot, Mourvèdre
- Cru / vineyard
- Dalera
- Production area
- Lu Monferrato (AL)
- Soil
- Calcareous
- Exposure
- South/South-west
- Harvest
- Early October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot (low), 5,000 vines per hectare, 6,000 kg per hectare, 280 m, 1 ha planted in 2000
- Vinification
- Traditional fermentation with continuous pump-overs in steel tanks at 28 to 30 °C, no added yeasts, 20 to 30 days, spontaneous malolactic. Aged 9 months in steel with periodic rackings, 15 months in tonneau and barriques, 6 months in bottle. Bottled generally 24 months after the harvest. 3,500 bottles; also in magnum.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18 °C, open the bottle a few hours earlier
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