Senza Tempo Spigau - Le Rocche del Gatto

Senza Tempo Spigau  - Le Rocche del Gatto

It is the best known wine of Le Rocche del Gatto. The name 'Spigau' is the Ligurian dialectal name of the white grape that is used to produce this wine. The grapes are a selection of the company and are harvested at full maturity. Fermentation is spontaneous for three weeks in contact with the skins. It ages for a long time on the fine lees and is bottled in the summer following the harvest. Spigau has an intense golden yellow color. The nose has intense and complex aromas with typical notes of the Mediterranean scrub, and hints of peach, honey, almond and pink pepper. On the palate it is full-bodied, enveloping and warm, soft with good persistence and pleasantness.

service

We recommend tasting it at a temperature of 12/14 ° in tulip goblets. Daily wine but keeps the time well.

Pairing

Great as an aperitif, it matches well with fish dishes and fresh cheeses, white meats, to try with chestnuts.

Cellar: Le Rocche del Gatto

The Le Rocche del Gatto company is located in Liguria in the hinterland of Albenga, nestled in the Bastia hills that surround the Albenga plain. The owner of the company is Fausto De Andreis with a past at Olivetti in Ivrea, who in 1982 gave up everything to devote himself to what he loves most in life. Thus begins the adventure of Le Rocche del Gatto, a name chosen in honor of his wife Caterina, always surrounded by a flood of cats. In seven hectares, Fausto cultivates cultivates Ligurian vines such as Pigato, Vermentino, Rossese and Ormeasco. One of its most famous wines is certainly Spigau, a white wine which is macerated on the skins for a few days in order to have a more complex aromaticity. Today the Le Rocche del Gatto company produces about 75 thousand bottles a year. The wines of Le Rocche del Gatto are austere and complex, far from the classic Ligurian wines and closer to the stylistic canons of wine areas such as the Moselle. Over the years they acquire hints of hydrocarbons and toasted always maintaining a lively acidity. Never banal wines that have become cult among enthusiasts.