Wine Rocca di Montegrossi, Rosato, Toscana IGT, 2017
Tasting Notes
The wine is bright pink with orange sparks.
Fresh and juicy taste of wine with hints of strawberry, fresh citrus and pepper and bright, but supple acidity completes an outstanding dry aftertaste with a slight sweetness.
Complex, delicate, fragrant aroma of wine is made of notes of strawberry, violet, botanical herbs and orange.
The wine goes well with many dishes, especially white meat and snack "Vitello Tonnato" (marinated beef in a sauce) and a prosciutto, carpaccio of white fish or red meat, white cheese (mozzarella).
Interesting Facts
Rocca di Montegrossi, Rosato - a wine that wine critics year after year as one of the best and most impressive pink wines of Tuscany. I was no exception and vintage 2014. One reason for the high ratings of this wine is forming the basis of a high-quality blend of Sangiovese grapes grown on the famous vineyard of San Marcellino, from which the winery Rocca di Montegrosso created excellent Chianti Classico. Rosé is produced by the technique of "cupping". The wort is fermented at 16 ° C in steel tanks for a month. Exposure of wine on the lees for 3-4 months held at a temperature no higher than 10 ° C to enhance the aroma of the future wine. The result is born perfect, pure, refined wine with delicate fragrant aroma and a beautiful structure.
Marco Ricasoli-Firidolfi, who owns a hundred acres of Rocca di Montegrosso, is a descendant of the famous Tuscan wine dynasty Ricasoli. Having Rocca di Montegrosso, located 7 km from Gaiole in the historic area of the grape of Chianti, owned by the family from the XI century. Ancestor Marco - Baron Bettino Ricasoli, who lived in the XIX century and is engaged in large-scale production of wine, as a minister, at the legislative level has managed to lay the foundations for the creation of the famous "Chianti". On the farm located la Rocca castle and vineyards, divided into a hilly area at an altitude of between 340 and 510 meters above sea level. Today, the 20 hectares of land under vines, grown as traditional Tuscan Sangiovese (13 ha), Merlot (2.5 hectares) and Punitello and international varieties: Canaiolo, Colorino, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malvasia Bianca del Chianti. "Pearl" is a vineyard estates San Marcellino, got its name from an old Romanesque church, located nearby. From his crops using classical methods in Rocca di Montegrossi made famous in the world of the same brand of wine in the category of Chianti Classico Riserva.
