Sparkling
Contessina Brut
By Fratelli Casetta, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
A dry Italian sparkling wine made by the Charmat method from Pinot and Chardonnay.
Tasting notes
Straw-yellow colour. Intense bouquet with aromas of white-fleshed fruit. Pleasantly fragrant in the mouth, with a fine, persistent perlage.
Pairs well with
Exceptional as an aperitif.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Spumante Brut
- Grape
- Pinot, Chardonnay
- Production area
- Medium-high hills (200-300 m a.s.l.) with east exposure
- Soil
- White earths with calcareous-clayey marls
- Exposure
- East
- Harvest
- By hand, between the end of August and the first days of September
- Vinification
- Soft pressing, then the must is separated from the skins. A first fermentation in steel at controlled temperature is followed by a second in autoclave (Charmat method).
- Serving temperature
- 6-8 °C
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