Rosa Rosarum

PIETRO CASSINA

Vino Rosato made from 100% Nebbiolo grapes

DELICATE PINK INTENSITY

VERY INTENSE, YOUNG FOREST FRUITS SUCH AS CURRANT, RASPBERRY, RHUBARB AND CITRUS, STRAWBERRY, WITH HINTS OF FLINT. PERSISTENT

DRY WINE, PRESENCE OF STILL YOUNG BUT NOT AGGRESSIVE TANNINS, NOTES OF CHERRY, BERRIES, ROSEHIPS, HINTS OF YOUNG SPICES IN THE FINISH

Resilient acid in flavor. Important structure in relation to type, harmonious wine, elegant.

Appellation:Coste della Sesia Rosato DOC
Grape varieties:Nebbiolo 100%
Characteristics of the vineyards:on the Cascina Chignalungo estate (Municipality of Lessona), facing southeast to southwest, 290 meters above sea level, average 5000 vines per hectare.
Soil:fluvioglacial gravelly-sandy coarse and heterometric fluvioglacial soils, deeply altered and partly displaced, surmounted by loessic, silty-clayey summit levels. Acidic soils (pH 4.5-5.4) with generous mineral richness such as manganese and iron, with orange,yellow and dark brown color.
Harvest:careful and strict manual harvesting of the grapes in the vineyard, in minute boxes of 7-9 kg capacity and subsequent further selection in the winery.
Vinification:after careful sorting on a vibrating table, destemming and soft crushing takes place, dropping the berries into temperature-controlled steel tanks, with brief contact with the skins. Devatting and start of spontaneous fermentation.
Aging:the wine is kept in stainless steel tanks for several months. It is then bottled , followed by the natural aging period.
Alcohol content:12,5% vol
Serving temperature:8-10° C
Aptitude for aging:
up to 2-3 years