Nothing is easier than falling in love with Ruchè, with its delicate colour, intriguing aromas and smooth elegant mouth feel with world-class taste. It is truly challenging to successfully describe its distinctive and unique characteristics. However, it can be done.
Intense ruby red with slight purple reflections in youth, turning garnet after the first few years in the bottle.
Intense, extended, slightly aromatic and fruity with aromas typical of wild berries, jam.
Warm on the palate, pleasant, rare silkiness.
| Name | Montalbera Ruché di Castagnole Laccento 2018 |
| Wine type | Red still |
| Classification |
DOCG Ruche' di Castagnole Monferrato
|
| Year | 2018 |
| Format | 0,75 l Standard |
| Country |
Italy
|
| Region | Piedmont |
| Grapes | 100% Ruchè |
| History | By attentively and scrupulously analysing the Estate’s production and the positioning of the best vines, working with modern masterful oenological techniques, and following the best practices of vineyard management, a shrewd dispersion of the grapes during the early summer, wise selection of slightly overripe grapes directly in the vineyard, MONTALBERA put “LACCENTO#QUALITATIVE” on the È of the Ruchè. This gave birth to a wine with remarkable supplesse and elegance. An important wine, persuasive and long-lasting with delicate fragrances softened by the overripening. |
| Location | Castagnole Monferrato (AT) |
| Climate | he Bricco Montalbera is an extraordinary southern exposed hill at an altitude of approximately 280 m. a.s.l. |
| System | Guyot |
| Harvest | Part in overripe directly in the vineyard (about 90% of the production) and part (about 10%) air-dried directly in the vineyard. |
| Vinification | The part collected in overripen: traditional red method, cold pre-steeping during first fewdays and brief warm poststeeping after fermentation. Total duration in contact with the marc is 14-16 days. |
| Aging | Least 6/8 months in bottle placed horizontally at a temperature not exceeding 10 degrees for the important presence of sugar. Longevity 6-8 years. |
| Alcohol | 14.50% by volume |
| Total acidity | 4.60 gr/L |
| Residual sugars | 6.70 gr/L |
| Dry extract | 32.00 gr/L |
| Production year | 75,000 bottles |
