Passito Rosso

Characteristics
  • Appellation: Passito Rosso
  • Grapes: Merlot, Raboso
  • Location: flat land in the Piave area
  • Soil: clay with caranto
  • Harvest: by hand into plateau crates for the drying of the grapes
  • Vinification: the selected bunches are left to dry for about 90 days, during which they lose more than 70% of their original weight and naturally concentrate sugars and aromatic compounds. Pressing is done by hand in a basket press
  • Ageing: 12 months in oak barriques
  • Bottles produced: 440 × 0.5 L
Tasting note
  • Colour: intense ruby red with garnet reflections. It shows a good glyceric body
  • Bouquet: notes of red fruit over a base of strawberry and blueberry preserve. An elegant spicy note of black pepper with a light background of cocoa and a balsamic, herbaceous edge
  • Palate: it opens with a light sweet note that gives way to good freshness and minerality. Light, velvety tannin. Excellent structure and persistence
  • Alcohol: 17% Vol
  • Food pairing: an excellent dessert wine, but particularly suited to dishes with intense aromas such as aged and blue cheeses. Also recommended as a meditation wine
  • Serving temperature: 12°/14°