Merk: Rocca del Principe

Bottle format 75 cl
Alcohol 13.00% vol.
Pairings Red Meat, Cheese, Rice and Risotto, Game
Full-bodied body
Spicy hint
Serving temperature 18 ° -20 ° C
Country Italy
Campania Region
Taurasi Aurelia Rocca del Principe description
Tasting characteristics
VARIETY: 100% Aglianico
PRODUCTION AREA: LAPIO C.DA CAMPORE
PLANTING YEAR: 2007
EXPOSURE: south-east
SOIL TYPE: calcareous clayey marl
TRAINING SYSTEM: guyot
PLANTING DENSITY: 3000 vines / ha
YIELD PER HECTARE: 60 ql.
HARVEST PERIOD: first ten days of November
ALCOHOLIC FERMENTATION: carried out in steel tanks with maceration of the skins for 25 days MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: entirely carried out
AGING: 12 months in barrique, 12 months in Slavonian oak barrels
REFINEMENT IN BOTTLE: 18 months
BOTTLES PRODUCED: about 3000

ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS: ruby ​​red in color, on the nose it offers a broad and complex bouquet with hints of black cherry, ripe plum, tobacco, spices and balsamic notes. The taste is full, warm, dynamic and rightly tannic with a long persistence reminiscent of ripe fruit.