Sparkling
Le Coccole
By Il Botolo, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
A Brut rosé sparkling from 100% Barbera, made by the long Charmat method with a short skin maceration.
Tasting notes
Delicate cherry-pink with fine, persistent perlage. Fruity and floral on the nose, with cherry, wild berries and rose. Fresh, fruity, elegant, balanced and enveloping on the palate, with natural softness and creaminess.
Pairs well with
Aperitif, pasta, fish and white meats.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Vino Spumante Rosé Brut
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- 200 m above sea level, about 0.60 ha around the Le Coccole house
- Soil
- Sand and clay
- Exposure
- Various
- Harvest
- September
- Vineyard planting
- 4,600 vines per hectare, guyot training, half the vines 25 years old and half 5 years old
- Vinification
- Yield 70 q/ha. Grapes picked by hand with selection. Stainless steel at controlled temperature with a short maceration on the skins for the cherry-pink colour. Second fermentation by the Martinotti/Charmat method at constant, controlled temperature. Brut. Bottled in 750 ml champagne-shape bottles.
- Serving temperature
- 6 to 8 °C
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