Ruché di Castagnole Laccento 2023

Description

Ruchè di Castagnole Laccento is a wine that has been designated DOCG (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita) Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato, in Piedmont. This grape is grown in the municipality of Castagnole Monferrato and some areas near Asti. The Montalbera farm, founded at the beginning of this century, extends across three different municipalities: Grana, Castagnole Monferrato, and Montemagno. The areas where the Montalbera winery has developed its activities are located in areas renowned for their winemaking activity, such as the Monferrato and Langhe regions. The Ruchè grapes used reach ripen between the end of September and the beginning of October, and one hundred percent of these grapes are used for the Ruchè di Castagnole Laccento. The training system is the low Guyot system, located on the sunniest hill with a southern exposure at an altitude of about 280 meters above sea level. The alcoholic fermentation is carried out with a portion of the grapes harvested when they are over-ripe and vinified with cold maceration. This occurs in the first few days following processing. Subsequently, a brief post-maceration is also carried out in a hot environment. The wine is exposed to the marc for 14 to 16 days. The post-fermentation phase lasts at least six to eight months in the bottle, which is placed in a horizontal position at a temperature no higher than ten degrees.

Details

Perfume

Intense, persistent, hint of aromaticity in rose petals and jammy berries.

Color

Deep ruby red with purple reflection when young tending to garnet with ageing.

Taste

Warm, pleasant of rare silkiness.

Serve at:

14 -16 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Montalbera

From this winery

• Start up year: 2002
• Oenologist: Nino Falcone
• Bottles produced: 650.000
• Hectares: 130

The Montalbera Winery was founded at the beginning of the 20th century in an area located in the townships of Grana, Castagnole Monferrato, and Montemagno.

In the mid-1980s, the Morando family began expanding their property by purchasing land in adjacent territories and planting it with new grapevines, prevalently Ruchè; they continue to grow their landholdings. Today, a continuous stretch of vineyard-covered land encircles the winery. The vineyards are planted entirely on hillsides, giving the vines different expositions and soil, from clay to limestone.

A unique aspect that has always distinguished Montalbera in the Piedmontese winemaking landscape is that the winery sits astride two of the region’s most important winemaking zones: the Monferrato and the Langhe. Read more

Piedmont

Technical Sheet

Name	Montalbera Ruche di Castagnole Laccento 2023
Type	Red green still
Denomination	Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato DOCG
Vintage	2023
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Ruchè
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Vendor	Montalbera
Story	A wine of superb smoothness and elegance. Important, persuasive and of great longevity, but at the same time, with delicate aromas softened and diluted by over-ripening. This wine results from a careful and skilled analysis combined with the positioning of the best vineyards. Finally, the winery puts attention on all the state-of-the-art winemaking techniques.
Origin	Castagnole Monferrato (Asti)
Climate	Altitude: 280 m. a.s.l. Exposure: South.
Cultivation system	Guyot
Yield per hectare	7,500 kg/hectare
Harvest	Grapes are partly over-ripen directly in the vineyard, about 90% of production, and the remaining 10% is dried directly in the vineyard.
Wine making	The over-ripen harvested grapes are vinified in red with cold pre-maceration in the very first days of processing and short hot post-maceration at the end of fermentation. Total duration in contact with marc for 14 6 days.
Aging	At least 6/8 months in the bottle placed horizontally at a temperature not exceeding 10 degrees for the important residual sugar. Further potential ageing of 6-8 years.
Total acidity	4.6 gr/L
Residual sugar	6.7 gr/L
Dry extract	32.0 gr/L
Allergens	Contains sulphites