Sparkling
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By La Chimera, Valle di Susa, Piemonte, Italy
A Brut Nature traditional-method rosé sparkling wine from Avanà, made since 2014 and aged at least 18 months on its lees.
Tasting notes
Coppery pink. Small red fruits, field flowers and a touch of bread crust from the lees. Very fresh and lively, with fine, persistent bubbles and bright acidity.
Pairs well with
Aperitivo, fried fish, seafood starters, cured meats, cheeses, vegetable lasagne
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Grape
- Avanà
- Production area
- Chiomonte, Valle di Susa (Torino)
- Soil
- Loose soils rich in stones; calcareous schist and limestone
- Exposure
- South-west, about 700 m
- Harvest
- By hand in small crates (sources give early September or early October)
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 7,500 vines/ha (1.8 x 0.8 m); yield 40 to 45 q/ha
- Vinification
- Whole bunches pressed with skin contact limited to the pressing cycle; base wine fermented in temperature-controlled steel (no malolactic) and kept in tank until bottling for the second fermentation the following spring or summer; traditional method (metodo classico), at least 18 to 24 months on the lees; Brut Nature (no dosage).
- Serving temperature
- 6 to 10°C