Winery Azienda Agricola CastelvetroRosé de Noir Gran Cuvée Brut
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Azienda Agricola Castelvetro's Rosé de Noir Gran Cuvée Brut.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin
Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Rosé de Noir Gran Cuvée Brut from Winery Azienda Agricola Castelvetro are 2017, 0
Informations about the Winery Azienda Agricola Castelvetro
The Winery Azienda Agricola Castelvetro is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Modena to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Modena
The wine region of Modena is located in the region of Émilie-Romagne of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Chiarli 1860 or the Domaine Cantina di Sorbara produce mainly wines sparkling, red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Modena are Chardonnay, Sangiovese and Ancellotta, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Modena often reveals types of flavors of cherry, spices or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, floral or non oak.
The wine region of Emilia-Romagna
Romagna/emilia">Emilia-Romagna is a Rich and fertile region in Northern Italy, and one of the country's most prolific wine-producing regions, with over 58,000 hectares (143,320 acres) of vines in 2010. It is 240 kilometers (150 miles) wide and stretches across almost the entire northern Italian peninsula, sandwiched between Tuscany to the South, Lombardy and Veneto to the north and the Adriatic Sea to the east. Nine miles of Liguria is all that separates Emilia-Romagna from the Ligurian Sea, and its uniqueness as the only Italian region with both an east and west coast. Emilia-Romagna's wine-growing heritage dates back to the seventh century BC, making it one of the oldest wine-growing regions in Italy.
The word of the wine: Black Grenache
Grenache is a black grape variety that originated in Spain and is one of the great quality varieties of southern France. Sometimes vinified on its own, it is most often blended with one or more other Rhone or southern grape varieties with complementary qualities such as Syrah, Mourvèdre, Carignan or Cinsault. Its wines are warm, with aromas of red fruits (cherry) and spices; they oxidize with time. Vinified alone or in very large proportions, Grenache Noir also makes great natural sweet wines in Roussillon (Rivesaltes, Banyuls, Maury) and in the Rhône Valley (Rasteau).
