Red
Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese
By Oreste Buzio, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A 100% Grignolino aged six months in steel, 12.5 to 13% alcohol, from vines at 4,000 per hectare.
Tasting notes
Red with orange hues; spicy nose; mildly astringent, balanced by good acidity and minerality.
Pairs well with
Starters, fish first courses, white meats, cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Grignolino del Monferrato Casalese DOC
- Grape
- Grignolino 100%
- Production area
- Vignale Monferrato (AL)
- Soil
- calcareous
- Exposure
- south, south-east
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot-trained espalier, 4000 vines per hectare; yield 60 quintals per hectare; organic fertilisation only when needed, weeds mowed, copper, sulphur and microorganism treatments
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested and sorted into 15-18 kg crates; aged in steel for 6 months
- Serving temperature
- 18°C
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