03Grignolino d’Asti D.O.C.

Color: light ruby red.
Bouquet: delicate, persistent, fruity, with hints of flowers and a well-known sensation of pepper and spices.
Taste: soft, dry with a pleasantly almond and bitterish aftertaste, unique in its kind.
Conservation: consumed young has a nervous character, with a short aging it becomes more 'velvety.
Serving temperature: 15-18 ° c. In summer it is refreshed willingly.
Suggested pairings: vitello tonnato, raw meat, finanziera, cured meats and agnolotti, mixed fry alla piemontese and any elaborate fish dishes or fried or grilled with aromatic herbs.

TECHNICAL FEATURES:

Grapes: Grignolino100%.
Alcohol content: 12.5%.
Origin of the grapes: Portacomaro d'Asti, Sassia.
Soils: silty -subbiosis with a high percentage of limestone and high demolition of the organic substance and maintenance of low fertility.
Average age of vineyards: 30 years.
Production per hectare: 70 q of grapes, equal to 45 hl of wine.
Vinification: traditional with maceration carried out with pumping over and filling concentrated in the initial phase of maceration.
Fermentation temperature: controlled at 28 ° C.
Duration of maceration: 4 days.
Aging: maturation in steel tanks where malolactic fermentation takes place early.

Awards

Grignolino d'Asti d.o.c. 2001
Winner of the 30 ° DOUJA D'OR winemaking award Grignolino 2017 Assigned by MERUM editorial staff three hearts. Awarded by GAMBERO ROSSO on the Berebene 2019 guide.