Curtefranca Rosso D.O.C. Vigna Santella del Gröm
Curtefranca Rosso D.O.C. Vigna Santella del Gröm
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Everyday wine selection
A mix of still white and red wines from the Franciacorta region: Curtefranca DOC and Sebino IGT
Winemaker's notes
Your package will arrive at your doorstep within4 - 16 days
Ricci Curbastro Azienda Agricola will receive and pack your order (1 - 4 days)
The courier will pick up your order and deliver it straight to your door
Product details
About the wine and its characterCountry:
Italy
Region/Subregion:
Lombardia/Franciacorta
Classification:
DOC
Certification:
-
Grape:
Barbera (10%)
Cabernet Sauvignon (20%)
Carmenère (15%)
Cabernet Franc (25%)
Merlot (30%)
Vintage year:
2017
Color:
deep ruby red, clear, and consistent.
Aroma:
intense, extremely delicate and harmonious, with hints of wood and ripe fruit.
Taste:
continuous, with character, full and silky with nice contribution by the Cabernet. In the mouth, it has a fine and continuative flavor, with noticeably good acidity that is, however, well combined with its smoothness.
Alcohol content:
13%
Sugar content:
-
Acidity:
-
pH-value:
-
Sweetness:
Dry
Contains sulphite:
Yes
Volume:
750 ml
Closure:
Natural cork
Bottle:
Glass
Best Served:
16 - 18 °C
Food pairing:
Asian, Beef, Buffet food, Charcuterie, Cheese - goat cheese, Cheese - mature and hard, Cheese - mild and soft, Game, Lamb, Mushrooms, Pasta / Pizza, Pork, Poultry, Veal, Vegetables
Ageing potential:
0 - 10 years
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Asian
- Beef
- Buffet food
- Charcuterie
- Cheese - goat cheese
- Cheese - mature and hard
- Cheese - mild and soft
- Game
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pasta / Pizza
- Pork
- Poultry
- Veal
- Vegetables
Vinification, winemaker's own words
Soils:
Gravel
Terroir:
Santella del Gröm Vineyard in the town of Adro, sheet 10 – cadastral map 638, covers an area of 1.45 hectares (3,60 acres). Plant density: 4,500 plants/hectare (1820 plants/acre) replanted in 1992. Average altitude of 210 meters (683 feet) above sea level.
Harvest:
Picked by hand
Fermentation:
Steel (100%)
Storage:
Old oak (100%) 24 months
Winemaker:
Annalisa Massetti, Andrea Rudelli, Riccardo e Filippo Ricci Curbastro
cold maceration for about 4 days, followed by temperature-controlled fermentation in large, open stainless steel vats, followed by fining process of at least 24 months of maturation in oak barrels before bottling, then undergoes an additional aging stage for another year.