Rossese Di Dolceacqua 2023 - Testalonga - Antonio Perrino

Rossese Di Dolceacqua - Testalonga - Antonio Perrino

Rossese di Testalonga is a fresh and fragrant wine that is produced with the homonymous grapes. The grapes come from a small parcel near Dolceacqua, on the terraces of the steep hills of Arcagna and Casiglian, among the most suitable vines for the Rossese vine. After manual harvesting, in the cellar fermentation is spontaneous with only indigenous yeasts and without temperature control, with maceration on the skins for about 18 days. After racking, it is aged in small exhausted barrels for 12 months. Rossese di Testalonga has a ruby ​​red color. On the nose the bouquet is intense and elegant, with notes of red fruits, cherry, dog rose and spices. In the mouth it is fresh, soft with a long finish with peppery notes.

Service

It is advisable to taste it at a temperature of 18/20 ° in ballon glasses. It is a wine to drink but left in the winery qualceh year can give great emotions.

Pairing

Accompanies meat-based menus, savory pasta dishes, aged cheeses, to try with pork tournedos with bacon and potatoes.

Cellar: Antonio Perrino

Antonio Perrino lives in Dolceacqua, a small town in western Liguria, in the province of Imperia. Antonio was probably the first producer of Rossese, a native red grape variety of these areas. He learned to make wine from his father, and today he is helped in his work in the vineyard and in the cellar by his niece Erica. It cultivates its old vines and its olive trees on small terraces located in the areas of Arcagna and Casiglian. In fact, 50 harvests on Antonio Perrino's shoulders are a hard work from the traditional gesture that has lasted for half a century. In the vineyard only sulfur and copper treatments are performed and in its microcantina, a garage in the center of Dolceacqua, the grapes are crushed with the feet, the fermentations are spontaneous with the only indigenous yeasts and the refinements are one year in old barrels from 500 liters. Antonio Perrino has become an object of worship and its fine and elegant wines kept in 5 barrels of Rossese and 2 of Vermentino are snapped up.