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The terroir that yields this rosé is the same that yields the wine Castello di Ama. The vineyards, planted in 1978, are at a density of 3,000 vines per hectare, and are trained part to open lyre and part to Guyot, while the vineyards re-planted from 1990 to today are trained predominantly to Guyot and to spurred cordon, at a density of 5,300 vines per hectare. This delicious wine, which appeared in the early 1980s, is composed of sangiovese and merlot, in proportions that vary from harvest to harvest. It derives its excellent body through the saignée process, from lots of wine that go to make Castello di Ama, and for this reason the resulting wine resembles more a young red wine than a white wine.At the start of fermentation, a few hectolitres of must were drawn off from the best tanks; since the must had spent some 12 hours in contact with the skins, it exhibited a beautiful deep pink hue. It was then fermented in the white wine mode at 18-20oC. Following a series of tastings, 40% of the total wine went through malolactic fermentation.
The final wine was assembled in December 2011, and the wine was bottled in mid-January 2012 into:
2,300 half-size Bordeaux bottles
54,200 standard Bordeaux bottlesAlcohol: 13.50% |
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