Red
Piemonte Grignolino
By De Alessi (Tenuta San Sebastiano), Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A native-variety red, 100% Grignolino, aged in steel and bottle only. The producer describes it as light in colour with evident tannins.
Tasting notes
Bright, light ruby red. Varietal aromas from pomegranate to pepper. Balanced, slightly astringent, with evident but not sharp tannins and a slightly alcoholic finish.
Pairs well with
Cured meats, rice and vegetable first courses, white meats and fish dishes.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Piemonte Grignolino DOC
- Grape
- Grignolino 100%
- Production area
- Lu Monferrato (AL)
- Soil
- Calcareous
- Exposure
- South/South-west
- Harvest
- Late September, early October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot (low), 5,000 vines per hectare, 8,000 kg per hectare, 270 m, 1.5 ha planted in 2000 and 2013
- Vinification
- Traditional fermentation with continuous pump-overs in steel tanks at 28 to 30 °C, no added yeasts, about 10 days, spontaneous malolactic. Aged 6 months in steel with periodic rackings, 3 months in bottle. Bottled after 6 months. 8,000 bottles.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18 °C, 10 to 12 °C in summer
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