Antica Cascina dei Conti di Roero Brut Sparkling Wine 75cl

Antica Cascina dei Conti di Roero Brut Sparkling Wine 75cl

Antica Cascina dei Conti di Roero SKU: SP00080

VINTAGE N/V

DENOMINATION Quality Sparkling Wine

GRAPE VARIETY Arneis, Nebbiolo

ALCOHOL 12.5%

TYPE Classic Method Brut Sparkling Wine

PAIRINGS: Fish Appetizers, Raw Fish, White Meats

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Description

It's the first sparkling wine created, somewhat playfully, at Antica Cascina Conti di Roero. Sparkling wines are Gigi's passion, so we started producing them in 2009. The grapes are hand-picked in small 20-kg baskets at the end of August.
After careful selection, the grapes are gently pressed immediately after being hand-picked. The resulting must is left to settle and then fermented at a controlled temperature (17–18°C) in steel barrels. In spring, the base wine, with the addition of sugar and selected yeasts (“liqueur de tirage”), is bottled. The bottles are laid horizontally in large stacks, in an environment with a constant temperature of 12 to 14°C, where they will remain for at least 18 months for the second fermentation. The bottles then undergo the “remuage” (shaking) phase, with the aim of detaching the lees from the walls of the bottle and carrying it to the cork of the inverted bottle. This is followed by the “dégorgement” (disgorging) phase, in which the bottles are topped up with a small dose of “liqueur d' expédition”. At this point the sparkling wine is corked and left to rest for a few months before being sold.

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Tasting notes

Bright straw yellow color.

On the nose, it presents delicate aromas of white flowers, croissants, yellow-fleshed fruit, and aromatic herbs. Clean and simple.

On the palate, it shines with a vivid, solid minerality and a pleasant freshness. The creaminess is just right, for balance and pleasantness. The bubbles are perceived as fine, with aromas of white currant, freshly baked bread crust, and black locust honey.

Cellar

For Daniela and Luigi, producing wines in the Roero means vinifying only native, single-varietal varieties. When tasted, every sip of Roero wine must convey its unique terroir, the product of millions of years of evolution. This is the winemaking philosophy of Antica Cascina dei Conti di Roero.
The white wines ferment in steel until bottling, which takes place after 5-6 months.

The reds ferment with long macerations of 30-40 days.
After malolactic fermentation, part of the wine is aged in wood: the Roero Sant'Anna rests in barrels for two years, the Nebbiolo d'Alba for 6-8 months in second-passage barriques, and the Barbera d'Alba for 6 months.

Daniela and Luigi's arrival at the company coincided with a technological turning point: the replacement of the tanks, which are now all temperature-controlled.
The harvest is done strictly by hand: the grapes are collected in small crates that are immediately transported to the cellar and pressed on the spot.

The fermentation and storage of Roero wines take place in dedicated areas at constantly controlled temperatures.
The bottling line now operates where the stables once stood, and in 2009, a cell for the fermentation of sparkling wines was built.

Daniela and Luigi introduced the use of barriques. With one caveat: every Antica Cascina dei Conti di Roero wine aged in barriques does so in second-use barrels. This is why we call it a "gentle" barrique cellar. For Nebbiolo, however, the grandparents' tradition continues and only large barrels are used. Today, the cellar ages Roero wines in three barrels and around fifty barriques.

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