A spring- like aroma for Donatella's 2014 rosé
The cool 2014 summer gave this wine a rich aroma, a more French style than Italian to the Rosa di Tetto IGT 2014 from Fattoria del Colle
Rosa di Tetto 2014 IGT Toscana Fattoria del Colle
By Donatella Cinelli Colombini
The practically “northern” characters are evident in the pink shade, in the freshness in taste and most of all in its perfumes which recall green apples and spring flowers. Characteristics perfectly apt for a wine to be consumed during summer evening meals but also after.
The Rosa di Tetto comes from Sangiovese vineyards at Fattoria del Colle; these are cultivated with an organic regime, without the use of pesticides, and with pruning, diminishing the yield, removing the leaves…. all done manually. The picking was also done by hand with a careful choice of the clusters in the vineyard and later in the cellar.
Rosa di Tetto gets its name from the climbing roses that can be seen on the front of the chapel at Fattoria Del Colle. These are hundreds of years old and tend to climb up to the roof and grow beneath the roof slates.
Type: rosé.
Rosa di Tetto 2014 IGT Toscana Fattoria del Colle
Production area: Tuscany, Trequanda, Fattoria del Colle, Cenerentola vineyard.
Classification: IGT Toscana Rosato
Vintage characteristics: 2014 was a year without winter and without summer. 86 days of rain during the vegetation cycle of the wines and the summer with cold nights which favoured the synthesis of the aromas? The weather was nice in august and was favourable all through the grape harvest.
Grape variety: Sangiovese 100%.
Grape harvest: in September the grapes were handpicked and carefully selected.
Fattoria del Colle Cenerentola vineyard where the Sangiovese come from
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 that last at length in the mouth.
Rosa di tetto with zuppa di cipolle
Serve with: for meals and after, to be matched 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 two years from the harvest. Keep the bottles lying down in a dark and cool place.