Sparkling
Valentino Brut Cuvée Speciale DOOR 185th
By Rocche dei Manzoni, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A non-vintage Metodo Classico with at least eight years on the lees, aged under music chosen by Ezio Bosso.
Tasting notes
Slightly pink tinge. Yellow peach, red currant and raspberry, fine red floral note, evolved yeast and blood-orange peel. Crisp, dry, savoury with a chalky, almost tannic grip and good balance.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Metodo Classico Vino Spumante di Qualità
- Production area
- Langhe
- Vinification
- Must goes partly into wood and partly into concrete eggs; malolactic fermentation not completed; bottle fermentation with at least 8 years on the lees. During ageing the wine is exposed to a controlled musical vibration, a composition chosen by the maestro Ezio Bosso, to optimise yeast activity. Disgorgement with liqueur, then about 6 months in bottle.
- Storage
- Non-vintage. Formats 0.75 L, 1.5 L. First produced 2008.
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