ROSA DI TETTO 2024 IGT TOSCANA ROSATO BIOLOGICO-ORGANIC
ROSA DI TETTO 2024 MARKS A RETURN TO THE OLDEST TUSCAN TRADITION OF ROSE’ WINE, THAT OF THE COLOURFUL WINES THAT FARMERS MADE IN SECRET
Rosé wines intense enough to accompany the entire meal and soft enough to be drunk cold.
Fattoria del Colle has been producing rosé wines for over forty years but in 2024, for the first time, part of the grapes for this wine come from the Montalcino vineyards of Casato Prime Donne. A circumstance that gives greater structure to the Rosa di Tetto.
ROSA DI TETTO IGT TOSCANA
The choice to produce a more structured rosé stems from the international success of this type and the demand for rosés with greater personality and aging capacity. A change that coincided with a return to the origins, inspired by the “acquati” produced by Tuscan farmers since time immemorial. Those of a century ago were fragrant but poor-quality rosés obtained by stealing a part of the must at the beginning of fermentation or by refermenting the marc. They were therefore poor wines.
Today there is a precise desire to seek out wines of high quality and great elegance. The Rosa di Tetto 2024 belongs to this typology to which it combines great oenology with a touch of Tuscan tradition already evident in the onion skin colour. This characteristic derives from a prolonged contact between the skins and the must which transfers the typical notes of Sangiovese and a more intense colour to the wine. The 2024 harvest was abundant and of excellent quality with perfectly ripe and healthy grapes. Donatella Cinelli Colombini‘s vineyards are cultivated organically and with enormous commitment.
Rosa di Tetto 2024 – Fattoria del Colle, Trequanda, Toscana
DESCRIPTION OF ROSA DI TETTO IGT TOSCANA 2024 BIO
TYPE: rosé.
PRODUCTION AREA: Tuscany, Trequanda, Fattoria del Colle, Montalcino Casato Prime Donne
CLASSIFICATION: IGT Toscana Rosato
GRAPE VARIETY: Sangiovese
CLIMATE TREND Winter and spring with temperatures above seasonal averages and frequent rains. Very hot July and August with daytime temperatures around 37°C that dropped to 22°C at night. The vines were almost paralyzed until the rains in September that led to a sudden drop in heat and a strong temperature range between night and day. From that moment on, the slow and regular ripening of the grapes began.
HARVEST: September 18, grapes harvested by hand, choosing the ripest bunches that, upon arrival at the cellar, were selected by the optical reader.
VINIFICATION: The grapes, cooled with dry ice and destemmed, were pressed and transferred to steel vats at a temperature of 4/6°C. After 24 hours the must was separated from the skins and transferred to a smaller container where the selected Sangiovese yeasts were inoculated. During the alcoholic fermentation, which lasted about 20 days, the temperature was maintained at 18°C until the sugars were completely exhausted.
QUANTITY PRODUCED 1,333 bottles
TASTING AND SERVING OF ROSA DI TETTO
COLOR: intense and bright onion skin pink.
AROMA: fine, rich in vinous and almost inebriating hints for the precise reference to the basket of red fruit with strawberries, raspberries and mineral cherries. Small mineral suggestions and potpourri of flowers
TASTE: despite the grace of a rosé wine, it shows the typical structure of Tuscan Sangiovese, with tannins and acids to balance the alcohol and flavour. It leaves its flavour pleasantly in the mouth for a long time.
QUANTITY PRODUCED: 2000 bottles
FOOD PAIRING: for meals, appetizers and brunches. It is a perfect companion for delicate dishes such as soups, fish, eggs, white meats and vegetables, cured meats, non-mature and non-spicy cheeses.
TABLE SERVICE: 10-12°C, use white crystal tulip-shaped glasses.
AGEING CAPACITY: to be drunk by 2028. Keep the bottles lying down, in the dark and in the cold