Grappa "Roccanivo", 2010, 0.7 L
Tasting Notes
Grappa dark yellow color with golden touches.
We grappa complex, enveloping, delicate, harmonious flavor with herbal notes and a long persistent finish.
Grappa has an intense aroma with notes of dried fruit, vanilla and toast.
Grappa is recommended to use as a digestif, combined with ice, cigar, coffee custard.
Interesting Facts
"Roccanivo" - a real "men" grappa with a bright, deep and rich taste. This grappa is made from Barbera grapes - the business card of the Italian region of Piedmont. According to the traditions distillery Berta grappa distillation process takes place in copper boilers. Aged grappa Roccanivo in the high 225-liter barrels for eight years. This grappa is highly appreciated by connoisseurs and is considered a true rarity, since the number of bottles produced "Rokkanivo" does not exceed 3200, each of these bottles has a unique serial number.
Today distillery Berta takes the absolute first place in sales of grappa in Italy. Its history the company is from 1947, when Piedmont opened the first factory for the production of grappa. Its owner, Paolo Bert, not randomly picked this region. Piedmont is famous for its vineyards, which spread on the hills at the foot of the Alps. Paolo, a professional oenologist, carefully suited to the manufacture of alcoholic beverages. In particular, he believes that a good grappa is sure to be aged in small oak barrels. Part of the tradition has been preserved to this day, some varieties of grappa is aged in barrels from the old French oak, and some go to great silvered aging containers for up to one year.
Currently distillery Berta manage sons Paolo: Gianfranco and Enrico. Thanks to their work, the production will increase over time, in 2002, opened a new modern distillery in Kazalotto di Mombaruzzo and Marco Berti has become an internationally known and loved. Sons Paolo also focus on building a new marketing and advertising policy. One innovation was the invention of a new revolutionary design bottles of grappa, which is still the hallmark of "Berta Distillery", along with the highest quality of produced beverage. Today grappa "Berta Distillery" is imported in more than 60 countries.