Red
Acqui Secco
By F.lli Botto, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A dry, still red made entirely from Brachetto, a grape more often used here for the region's sweet, sparkling styles.
Tasting notes
Ruby coloured with the inviting floral bouquet typical of Brachetto; dry, warm and soft on the palate with good persistence.
Pairs well with
Light starters and fish dishes.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Acqui DOCG
- Grape
- Brachetto 100%
- Production area
- Ricaldone and Cassine (Localita Sant'Antoni), 4 ha at 283 m altitude
- Soil
- Sandy to calcareous-clay soils (Ricaldone and Cassine)
- Exposure
- South
- Vineyard planting
- Yield 50 hl/ha; hand-picked; mechanical weed control, no herbicides
- Vinification
- Crushed and destemmed grapes macerate on the skins for about 12 days with frequent pump-overs at 18 to 20 degrees C; pressed off gently, the wine then finishes malolactic fermentation and spends six months ageing in steel before bottling.
- Serving temperature
- 18 degrees C
More from F.lli Botto
- Acqui Rose, Acqui DOCG
- Albarossa, Piemonte DOC Albarossa
- Barbera d'Asti, Barbera d'Asti DOCG
- Brachetto d'Acqui, Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG
- Dolcetto d'Acqui, Dolcetto d'Acqui DOC
- Monferrato Bianco, Monferrato Bianco DOC
- Moscato d'Asti, Moscato d'Asti DOCG