Rosa di tetto 2013, for your summer nights

Rosa di tetto 2013, for your summer nights

Rosé wine is definitely trendy, to be served cool, with friends, together with some finger food. The Rosa di Tetto IGT 2013 was created for this

 

Rosé wines are in: all wineries insert a rosé wine in their portfolio. There is an increase in exportation, events, articles and competitions….. For Fattoria del Colle rosé is not a novelty as we have a long tradition in its production, the first bottles were made more than 20 years ago by Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s father, it was called with a different name and had a different label.

This year for the first time the rosé “Rosa di Tetto” is in a colouring called “rosa antico” which is similar to tea rose. A very rainy and cool summer allowed us to produce a rosé with rich perfumes (green apple but also flowers, particularly violets) and a great freshness in the mouth. A rosé which recalls the most refined types of French rosé wines.

Rosa di Tetto is obtained from Sangiovese 100% from the Cenerentola vineyard, 400 m above sea level, on the highest point of Fattoria del Colle. The vineyards are hoed and cultivated by hand. The harvest is also manual with a very careful choosing of the grapes in the vineyard and in the cellar. The grapes for the rosé are the fist to be picked in the Sangiovese vineyards.

Type: rosé.
Production area: Tuscany, Trequanda, Fattoria del Colle, Cenerentola vineyard.
Classification: IGT Toscana Rosato
Vintage characteristics: A very rainy winter and spring, a cool and wet summer has determined the decrease in production and a lengthening of the vegetative cycle of the vines. A harvest like long ago with grapes ripening slowly but remaining healthy up until harvest time.

Grape variety: Sangiovese 100%.
Grape harvest: September 26th . The grapes were hand picked and carefully selected.
Fermentation: after being cooled with dry ice and having had the stems removed, the grapes were pressed and transferred into the stainless steel vats; the temperature was maintained at around 12°C. After 18 hours the must was separated from the skins and transferred into a smaller container where the selected Sangiovese yeasts were inoculated. During the
alcoholic fermentation the temperature was maintained at around 18°C, up until the complete running out of the sugars which took place after about 20 days.
Quantity produced: 2.000 bottles.

Colour: tea rose pink.

Aroma: fine, fragrant, floral, with net hints of green apple and spring flowers especially violets.
Taste: dry, fresh, of delicate structure but well balanced. Fragrant, hints of berries such as bilberries and raspberries.
Analysis: alcohol 13% Vol; Tot ac. 5.2 gr/l; Tot. SO² 110 mg/l; pH 3,36; Vol. ac. 0,35 mg/l .
Serve with: very versatile, match with delicate dishes such as soups, fish, eggs, white meat and vegetables, and with fresh not spicy cheeses.
Way of serving: 10-12°C in crystal tulip shaped wine goblets.
Storage: drink within a year and a half from production. Keep the bottles lying down in a dark and cool place.