Monferrato Rosso 2023

€30

Wine: Monferrato Rosso Blend
Vintage: 2023
Vineyard: Bricco (Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese); Garbagnina (Syrah)
Harvested: September 22, 2023
Brix @ Harvest: 23.5
Alcohol: 13.5%
pH: 3.70
Acidita’ Totale: 5
Fermentation: Hand harvested and chilled to 8C for 36 hours of skin contact, then hand sorted prior to destemming. Stainless steel alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeast. Barrel aging in French Chassin oak barrels at ~4C (39F) with temperatures slowly raised to 12C (54F) for spring time sequential malolactic fermentation.
Aging: IIn barrique di Chassin, rovere francese, 25% nuove e 75% neutre per 10 mesi. Imbottigliato 1 agosto 2024.
Aromas: A generous bouquet of cloves, fresh cigars, coffee powder, coriander, leather.
Flavors: Round tannins, blackberry, tobacco.
Vintage notes: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Sangiovese and 15% Syrah fruit with good maturation which was the result of adequate rainfall, hot days and cool evenings.