Red
Sol Do
By Tenuta San Sebastiano, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A Pinot Nero Monferrato Rosso from the 0.5 ha Soldo vineyard, bottled in Magnum.
Tasting notes
Medium garnet. Intense undergrowth, leather and hide aromas with hints of chocolate. Great structure, sweet, soft, unaccentuated tannins and a velvety presence of spice (pepper). Pinot Nero described by the producer as difficult to grow and vinify.
Pairs well with
Grilled red and white meats, game, medium-aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Monferrato DOC Rosso
- Grape
- Pinot Nero 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Soldo
- Production area
- Lu Monferrato (AL), altitude 280 m
- Soil
- Calcareous
- Exposure
- South
- Harvest
- Early September
- Vineyard planting
- 0.5 ha planted 2000, Guyot, 5,000 vines per hectare, 6,000 kg per hectare
- Vinification
- Traditional fermentation with frequent pump-overs on the skins in steel tanks, 28 to 30 C, 7 to 8 days, no added yeasts, spontaneous malolactic. Aged 4 months in steel, 12 months in barrique, 3 years in bottle; bottled at least 20 months after harvest. 1,000 bottles, Magnum 1.5 L.
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20 C, open a few hours before
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