This limited production Rosé Metodo Classico is a blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Nero vinified as red wine. The remarkable finesse and delicacy of this sparkling wine comes from secondary fermentation in the bottle, made possible because of its residual sugars a fermentation method that follows the “ancestral method”. The term derives from the French ancestre (”ancestor”,“hailing from the distant paste”) called such because this was once the only way possible to make a sparkling wine.

Appellation:
vino spumante di qualità

Grape variety:
95% Chardonnay, 5% Pinot Nero

First vintage produced:
2005

Exposure:
south – south est

Soil composition:
calcareous and sandy marl

Vineyard altitude:
650–820 ft a.s.l.

Training system:
Guyot

Harvest:
selection in vineyards of the healthiest and ripest grapes hand collected into 40 lb picking baskets

Vinification system:
soft pressing and fermentation in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature

Aging:
24 months on lees in the bottle

Capturing the sparkle:
in the bottle in the traditional champagne manner

Refining:
36 months on lees in the bottle

Color:
pale pink with copper reflections

Perlage:
fine and persistent

Nose:
fresh plums, jujubes, currants, hints of breadcrust, ending with mineral undernotes

Taste:
soft, long lasting, freshly and pleasantly savory

Pairings:
raw and marinated fish, chopped raw meat, shellfish soup

Serving temperature:
8°/10° C.