Rosé
Langhe Rosato
By Tenuta Rocca, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Rosé from Monforte d'Alba grown on calcareous marls, fermented cool in steel.
Tasting notes
Pink with amber nuances and red reflections. Wild rose and grapefruit on the nose. Fresh, direct and pleasant, with considerable minerality.
Technical details
- Style
- Rosé
- Denomination
- Langhe DOC Rosato
- Production area
- Monforte d'Alba (CN)
- Soil
- Lequio formation (Serravallian), whitish very calcareous marls alternating with thin layers of sand and "pietre di Langa" (compacted sandstone), shallow soils with very little water availability
- Exposure
- Northeast, east, 400 m
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; organic fertilisation and compost, mechanical weeding; certified organic
- Vinification
- Shoot and early bunch thinning during ripening, bunch selection at harvest. Gentle pressing, must transferred to steel tanks for fermentation at 14-16 C. Aged in steel on the lees on indigenous yeasts with periodic stirring.
- Serving temperature
- 9-10 °C
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