VINEYARD
The terroir that yields this rosé is the same that yields the wine Castello di Ama. The vineyards, planted in 1978, are at a density of 3,000 vines per hectare, and are trained part to open lyre and part to Guyot, while the vineyards re-planted from 1990 to today are trained predominantly to Guyot and to spurred cordon, at a density of 5,300 vines per hectare. This delicious wine, which appeared in the early 1980s, is composed of sangiovese and merlot, in proportions that vary from harvest to harvest. It derives its excellent body through the saignée process, from lots of wine that go to make Castello di Ama, and for this reason the resulting wine resembles more a young red wine than a white wine.
SENSORY PORTRAIT
Intense, deep cherry-pink
Fruity, with emphatic fragrances of ripe cherry and wild strawberry
The scented fruit returns on the mid-palate, and the long-lingering finish shows flavourful, with a minerally edge.
Pasta in tomato sauce or Shellfish would be a great pairing.
A “crisp, crunchy” wine
that can be enjoyed immediately,
but which can easily hold up over time.
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