Sweet
Brachetto d'Acqui
By F.lli Botto, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Brachetto d'Acqui, aromatic and lightly sparkling, made from a grape the estate's own material says has grown on these hills since Roman times.
Tasting notes
Ruby coloured with fine, persistent bubbles and an intense, complex bouquet of rose and musk; sweet, soft and fresh on the palate.
Pairs well with
Desserts and fresh fruit, especially strawberries.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Brachetto d'Acqui DOCG
- Grape
- Brachetto 100%
- Production area
- Ricaldone and Cassine (Localita Cainula), 4 ha at 283 m altitude
- Soil
- Sandy to calcareous-clay soils (Ricaldone and Cassine)
- Exposure
- South
- Vineyard planting
- Yield 56 hl/ha; hand-picked; mechanical weed control, no herbicides
- Vinification
- A short maceration on the skins extracts colour, and a light secondary fermentation (Martinotti method) gives the wine its fine, persistent bubbles.
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