Monferrato Rosso DOC
Tasting Notes
Alcohol content 12% vol.
A red wine made from Dolcetto grapes with a vinous aroma and a slight hint of violet and a dry, slightly soft flavour.
These grapes come from a vineyard in Calosso, and are fermented in autoclave.
To be combined with game.
Ideal serving temperature: 18°C.
Basic Information
Product Name: Monferrato Rosso DOC
Vine variety: dolcetto
Denomination: Monferrato Rosso
Classification: DOC
Color: red
Typology: sparkling
Production area: Piedmont
Vintage: 2022
Alcohol: 12% vol.
Residual sugar: 0,3 g/l
Number of bottles produced: 2,800
Vineyard
Grape: 100% dolcetto
Soil: a medium mixture of clayey loam soil
Exposure: east west
Cultivation system: guyot
Year of planting: 1986
Harvest date: 20 September
Type of harvest: manual into crates
Winemaking
Method: traditional with manual punching and pumping over
Temperature: 22 °C thermo-conditioned
Duration: 8 days
Malolactic: yes
Aging: in bottle
Type of barrel: steel
Minimum time in bottle: 2 months
Bottle
Weight of empty bottle: 545 g
Aging potential: 4 years
Stopper size: 26 x 44 1 + 1
Stopper material: natural cork
Type of bottle: borgognotta
Chemical Analysis
Dry extract [g/l]: 30
Total acidity [g/l in tartaric acid]: 5,20
Volatile acidity [g/l in acetic acid]: 0,35
Total SO2 [mg/l]: 81
Free SO2 [mg/l]: 18
