Frecciarossa
Metodo Classico Rosato Pinot Nero Extra Brut
| Denomination | Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Area | Lombardy (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Pinot Nero |
| Aging | Drawn in the spring following the harvest. Foaming at 16 °C and maturing on the lees for over 18 months with subsequent disgorgement. |
| Biologic | Sì |
| Product name | Metodo Classico Rosato Pinot Nero Extra Brut |
| Color | Soft pink colour. |
| Perfume | Fragrant and vibrant, with notes of small fruits (wild strawberries) and red flowers. Delicate and elegant, it closes with notes of fresh spice (white pepper) and bitter orange peel. |
| Taste | Taste of great harmony and pleasantness, with a good acid vein that helps cleanse the palate. The centre-mouth is characterised by a fine vinosity. Aftertaste characterised by mineral notes. |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Country | Italy |
Description
Organic, extra brut, classic method sparkling rosé produced by Frecciarossa in Lombardy. 100% Pinot Noir. Visible and persistent perlage. A tribute to Oltrepò Pavese, the land of Pinot Noir, and to the history of Frecciarossa, founded in 1919. Fragrant and vibrant, with notes of berries and red flowers, reminiscent of the region's freshness. Delicate and elegant, it finishes with notes of fresh spice (white pepper) and bitter orange peel. The taste is very harmonious and pleasant, with a good acidity that helps cleanse the palate. The mid-palate is characterized by a lovely vinosity. The aftertaste is characterized by mineral notes.
Awards
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3Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide
Details
Perlage
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
06 - 08 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Pairings
- Start up year: 1919
- Oenologist: Gianluca Scaglione, Cristiano Garella
- Bottles produced: 90.000
- Hectares: 21
He bought a beautiful 19th century mansion on top of a hill, exotically named «Frecciarossa,» which means «red arrow» in Italian. He wasn’t to know that the fancy moniker was actually the result of a bureaucratic blunder… The original name in the local dialect of the area was «fraccia rossa,» or «red landslide,» thus named because of the color and nature of the soil. The terrain here is mostly clay with veins of iron ore and retains great amounts of water underground. These, in turn, cause frequent landslides. The expression was mistakenly translated as «Frecciarossa» at the local registry, at the turn of the last century, and has remained the name of our hill ever since.
Enter Giorgio Odero, Mario’s son, my grandfather. I remember him from my childhood as a sort of modern day renaissance man. He seemed to know everything about everything and when he didn’t, he’d go rummaging through his vast library to find the answer. He was also a gourmet and a fine wine connoisseur with a taste for opera and literature. However, to get back to the early days of Frecciarossa, Giorgio, like his father, fell in love with the land and decided to study agriculture in order to take an active part in the wine making. After graduating, he developed an interest for Pinot Noir and went to France to get some first hand experience, because when it comes to Pinot Noir, the French were, and still are ahead of the game.
He learned a lot, both in Burgundy and Champagne, and returned to Italy with new ideas and very high standards of quality. Frecciarossa started to sell wine in bottles, a rarity at the time. As a matter of fact, film director, Alfred Hitchcock drank a few at Villa D’Este and had the good grace to tell Giorgio, how much he enjoyed them. By the 1920s, Frecciarossa was already a well established name, far beyond the confines of Oltrepò Pavese. When Prohibition ended in the States, in 1933, Frecciarossa was among the first Italian wines to appear on the American market and was issued Export Permit n. 19, i.e., the nineteenth Italian product to be granted the right to sell in the U.S.
My mother, Margherita, started working with my grandfather in the late ’70s, with equal passion and determination. In the ’90s, she renovated the cellars and hired the help of oenologist, Franco Bernabei. He was replaced in 2000 by Gianluca Scaglione, who is still with us today and has become an integral part of our team, along with Cristiano Garella. I came back to this land a few years ago. It felt like home to me, and I love it just like the generations who bestowed it on me. (Valeria Radici Odero) Read more
| Name | Frecciarossa Metodo Classico Rosato Pinot Nero Extra Brut |
|---|---|
| Type | Rosé organic classic method sparkling wine extra brut |
| Denomination | Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Pinot Nero |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Vendor | Frecciarossa |
| Origin | First hills of Casteggio |
| Climate | Altitude: 140 - 200 m a.s.l. Exposure: north-east and north-west. |
| Soil composition | Clay-limestone. |
| Cultivation system | Simple Guyot |
| Plants per hectare | 5000 |
| Yield per hectare | 1 .2 kg per strain |
| Harvest | Manual in 17 kg crates with meticulous selection of the best bunches. The grapes were harvested early in the morning to have a lower berry temperature during pressing. |
| Wine making | Soft pressing of the grapes, obtaining the must flower and spontaneous clarification. Alcoholic fermentation between 13 and 15 °C, spontaneous decanting and cold stabilisation during the winter. |
| Aging | Drawn in the spring following the harvest. Foaming at 16 °C and maturing on the lees for over 18 months with subsequent disgorgement. |
| Total acidity | 7.1 gr/L |
| Residual sugar | 5.8 gr/L |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |