Red
Monfiorato
By De Alessi (Tenuta San Sebastiano), Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A long-aged Grignolino, 36 months in barriques and 24 in bottle, which the producer calls Grignolino Storico, a Riserva. 1,000 bottles.
Tasting notes
Brilliant ruby red. Intense and very evolved, notes of small red fruits and spices. Very complex, evident tannins, soft in the mouth.
Pairs well with
Complex, important dishes.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Vino Rosso
- Grape
- Grignolino 100%
- Production area
- Lu Monferrato (AL)
- Soil
- Calcareous
- Exposure
- South/South-west
- Harvest
- Early October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot (low), 5,000 vines per hectare, 8,000 kg per hectare, 270 m, 0.5 ha planted in 2000
- Vinification
- Traditional fermentation with continuous pump-overs in steel tanks at 28 to 30 °C, no added yeasts, 15 days, spontaneous malolactic. Aged 36 months in oak barriques and 24 months in bottle. Bottled when ageing is finished. 1,000 bottles.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18 °C, open the bottle at the moment of serving
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