Wine Rocca di Montemassi, "Calasole", Maremma Toscana DOC
Tasting Notes
The wine is bright straw-yellow color.
Taste of wine is fresh, silky texture with a characteristic citrus, mineral and almond notes, hints of green apple and a long refreshing finish.
Intense aroma of wine is filled with notes of white flowers, hints of fresh apples Reinette varieties, citrus, green melon and herbs.
The wine is ideal for supply to the shrimp and shellfish, red mullet and sea bream baked in a potato crust or salt.
Interesting Facts
"Calasole" - monosortovoe dry white wine with delicious fruit shades in an elegant aroma and silky long taste. The name "Kazasole" means sunset dawn or evening, so-called soft breeze that sweeps across the Maremma hills in the late afternoon. Vermentino grape varieties for wine production is harvested by hand in the vineyards in the commune of Roccastrada in the second half of September. Fermentation of wort takes place in stainless steel vats at a temperature of 18-22 ° C. Then the wine is aged on the lees for 6 months, filled with notes of toast and hazelnut, to give additional depth and complexity.
Manor Rocca di Montemassi, owned by Zonin family since 1999, located in the foothills of Montemassi in Tuscany, in a unique terroir between the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea and the foothills of the metalliferous hills. Manor owns 430 hectares, 160 of which are given over to vineyards. Carefully restored winery, surrounded by vineyards, pine and olive trees, perfectly integrated into the environment.
Abruzzo (Central Italy), famous for the diversity of its landscapes. In this Mediterranean province of the vineyards of Zonin. Zonin family winery is a leading wine producer in Italy and has 11 wineries with a total area of 1,800 hectares. History begins in 1821. Today the company is managed by the seventh generation family Zonin. Zonin wines are present in the markets of 89 countries around the world, each winery Zonin independent and has at least 100 hectares of vineyards, its own purification plant, bottling line, with their agronomists and viticulture.