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Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo La Volpe, Diversitas

Course 2 75cl
£45.00
£45.00
Size

Brilliant light ruby-red colour with rose gold hues.
Raspberry, blackberry cherry and red fruit come straight out of the glass with finesse. Nice and complex red fruit notes paired to a pleasant acidity. Outstanding length and high drinkability factor.

Producer:

Diversitas

Region:

Abruzzo, Italy

Style Of Wine:

Still Rosé

Varietals:

Montepulciano

Vineyard Size:

Age Of Vines:

13-16 years old

Method of Production:

Grape production is 12,000 kg and 85 hectolitres per hectare, 3.750 grammes per plant, with 1 plant giving 4 bottles. Subsoiling between rows. Inter-row grassing with a mixture of grasses and legumes. Eco-compatible farming methods. Harvest in September. After harvest, the grapes undergo delicate stalk stripping and crushing. Pressing, clarification, and fermentation of the clean must last for ten days at a controlled temperature.Bottled 3-4 months later and kept in glass for pre-release for circa 3-4 months. Soft pressing of the grapes and short fermentation in cool condition and micro oxygenation steel tanks.


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Story of the wine:

Diversitas is based in Loreto Aprutino, Abruzzo in Italy. However, the producer has rented plots of land in other sub regions of Abruzzo to create diversity in their skill set of making indigenous wine. The celebrated Montepulciano varietal has been known since the Middle Ages and is well known to age well with superior fruit concentration and tannicity. In partnership with the winemaker, Diversitas supervise and exquisite a parcel of land under vine in the Pescara sub region of Abruzzo. Born at almost 2.000 meters at the foot of the Gran Sasso in Abruzzo, where the main winery sits. The name La Volpe, literally meaning "the Fox".