Roccafiore Rosato
Umbria Rosato IGT
Grape variety: 100% large berry sangiovese, from sustainable farming
Vineyards specifications: vines planted in 2004 with guyot training system, east/south-east exposure, white clay and limestone soils
Plant density and yield: 6.500 plants/hectare with a production of 1,5 kg of grapes per plant (95 quintals/hectare)
Harvest: totally hand-picked in the first week of September
Winemaking: the grapes are gently destemmed and pressed, the skin maceration lasts 3/4 hours and the fermentation takes place with wild yeast in stainless steel tank, where temperatures are strictly controlled
Ageing: 6 months in stainless steel tank in contact with the fine lees, it doesn’t go through the malolactic fermentation and, after being bottled, it refines at the least 3 months in the bottle
Color: pale pink with coppery shades
Aromas: fine and elegant, with delicate flavors of raspberry and pomegranate
Taste: fresh and savory, with a pleasant tension and an intriguing mineral note
Contains sulfites
Correct disposal of waste:
Bottle: Colorless glass (GL 70) Glass collection
Stelvin cap: C/ALU 90 aluminium screw cap
Cartons / Beehives: PAP20 cardboard Cardboard collection
