Ratatura 2020 - Rocco di Carpeneto

Ratatura - Rocco di Carpineto 

Rataraura di Rocco di Carpineto is a wine made from local red grapes. The name derives from the Carpenetese dialect, and means pipisterllo. the grapes come from old vineyards planted from 1972 to 2002 with yields per hectare of around 50 quintals. Fermentation is spontaneous with only indigenous yeasts and takes place in terracotta jars with long macerations on the skins. It then refines for at least 20 months in terracotta jars and exhausted woods. Rataraura has a ruby ​​red color with elegant fruity and slightly spicy aromas. In the mouth it is warm with moderate tannins and a long finish with an amazing drink.

Service

Let's taste Ratato at a temperature of 16/18 ° in tulip goblets. Daily wine but left to rest in the cellar a few years can give you great emotions. It is advisable to open it a few minutes before the tasting.

Pairings

Ratatura is a full-meal wine that is well suited to pasta dishes, second courses of meat, to be tried with English beef with potatoes.

Cellar: Rocco di Carpeneto

Rocco di Carpeneto is a wine-growing company located in Carpeneto, in the province of Alessandria, in the rolling hills of Alto Monferrato. The conductor is Lidia Carbonetti, who moved from Milan to Carpineto, where he started the work for the recovery of vineyards and the construction of a modern cellar. Functional and eco-efficient cellar constructed with a collection of river stones, steels, wood staves, resins and plastic slats, and designed on three levels: the first is the reception of the grapes and the diraspapigatura, the second the vinification and pressing, and all The last one is the anforaia and underground bottaia. The cultivated hectares, all under a radical organic regime, are divided into microparcels and are located on franked ground, predominantly limo-clayey in the north-south direction. The cultivated vines are the traditional and indigenous Piedmontese Mainly in red berry: Barbera, Dolcetto, Nebbiolo, Albarossa and Cortese Bianco, which give rise to tense, radical and long-lasting wines. The philosophy of Rocco di Carpeneto is to enhance the historical vocations of the terroir of Monferrato with the production of theses, radicals and longevity wines.