VSQ Metodo Classico Ancestrale Pinot Nero Rosè 36 mesi - Castello di Stefanago

VSQ Metodo Classico Ancestrale Pinot Nero Rosè 36 mesi - Castello di Stefanago

Sparkling wine made from Pinot Noir grapes in purity. The grapes are harvested when fully ripe almost overripe, with manual harvesting, and left for a few hours in maceration during the pressing. The first fermentation takes place in steel tanks: fermentation that stops with i cold first. The arrival of spring favors the reawakening of yeasts that transform into alcohol last residual sugars, so part, of course, a second fermentation in the bottle. The disgorgement is done manually, after 18/24 months of permanence on the lees, and the bottles they are filled with the same wine without adding anything. The Ancestral Pinot Nero Rosè is a color of cerasuolo, with abundant froth, and a continuous and subtle perlage. On the nose the aromas are persistent, captivating, with intense notes of fruit. The taste is soft and harmonious, with a fragrant note of right acidity. A particular, unusual sparkling wine that pleasantly amazes with his marked personality.

Service

The recommended serving temperature is 10/12 °°. Wine to be drunk immediately in flute glasses, but it is very long-lived and evolves with the passage of time.

Pairing

Suitable for a cuisine based on fish, ideal as an aperitif, suitable for all meals and dry pastries.

Winery: Castello di Stefanago 

Castello di Stefanago is located in Borgo Priolo, in the province of Pavia, in one of the most suitable areas of Oltrepò Pavese for the cultivation of vines. Castello di Stefanago is owned by the Baruffaldi family who have been making wine for five generations. Today the wines are born of commitment, passion and constant research to innovate the tradition of the brothers Antonio and Giacomo, while the commercial sector is followed by his sister Antonietta. The hectares of vineyards are 20 hectares cultivated in organic farming. All the vineyards, are between 300 and 470 m.s.l.m., and are interspersed to enhance the biodiversity of the land. Fifty thousand bottles produced every year and numerous labels produced based on croatina, barbera, pinot nero, pinot grigio, cabernet sauvignon and riesling renano. Almost all the wines are aged in steel, some in large barrels of acacia. The San Rocco, made from Riesling Renano grapes, and the Pinot Nero Ancestrale Rosé, brut from the harvest of overripe grapes stand out. overripe.