Andeira – Rocco di Carpeneto

Andeira - Rocco di Carpeneto

Andeira is an ancestral sparkling red wine made from red grapes. The name comes from the local dialect of the 19th century, and means "balocco". The grapes come from a vineyard that was planted between 1970 and 2000. The vinification takes place in old toneaux or wooden barrels, with spontaneous fermentation and maceration on the skins for 2-4 weeks. Refine for at least 6 months in used oak tonneaux. Andeira is ruby ​​red in color with a fine and persistent foam. The nose prevails the fruity and vinous notes typical of Barbera. On the sip it is very fresh, with excellent acidity, soft and excellent to drink.

Service

We taste Andeira at a temperature of 8/10 ° in tulip glass. Wine to drink immediately.

Pairings

Excellent as an aperitif and paired with cold cuts, main courses of meat, to try with cabbage rolls with sausage.

Winery: Rocco di Carpeneto

Rocco di Carpeneto is a winery located in Carpeneto, in the province of Alessandria, among the rolling hills of the Alto Monferrato. The management is by Lidia Carbonetti, who moved from Milan to Carpineto, where he started the recovery of the vineyards and the construction of a modern winery. Functional and eco-efficient winery built with a set of river stones, steels, wooden slats, resins and plastics, and designed on three levels: the first is the receipt of the grapes and de-stemming, the second the vinification and pressing, and all last we find the amphoraia and underground vat. The cultivated hectares, all in biological radical regime, are subdivided into microparcells and are found on frank land, mainly silt-clay in the north-south direction. The cultivated vines are the traditional and native piedmontese. mainly red berry: Barbera, Dolcetto, Nebbiolo, Albarossa and the Cortese Bianco which give rise to wines that are radical, long-lived wines. The philosophy of Rocco di Carpeneto is to enhance the historical vocations of the terroir of Monferrato with the production of theses, radical and long-lived wines.