Red
San Vittore
By Pierfrancesco Gatto, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Gatto's Riserva bottling of Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG, from vines averaging 30 years old and aged 12 months in oak, with about 3,500 bottles produced.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with purple highlights, a fine, persistent, aromatic bouquet with pleasant notes of violet and geranium. Soft and velvety on the palate, lightly tannic, with a berry finish.
Pairs well with
Rabbit, game, wild boar and aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato Riserva DOCG
- Grape
- Ruchè
- Production area
- Montemagno Monferrato
- Vineyard planting
- Average vine age 30 years
- Vinification
- Fermented in steel tank at a controlled 26 degrees C for 10 days, aged in 26 hl oak barrels for 12 months, then rests in bottle at 12 degrees C.
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