Type: Rosé.

Classification: Typical Geographical Indication of Calabria.

Vine: Gaglioppo.

Production area: Calabria, east centre in the province of Crotone.

Soil: mixed type, with a certain percentage of activated limestone.

Altimetry: from 150 to 200 metres above sea level.

Plant breeding system: espalier with a density of understocks of 5000 plants per hectare.

Climate: mediterranean, with mild winters and warm and dry summers.

Grape harvest: manual, in the first ten days of October.

Yield per hectare of grapes: 70 – 80 q

Vinification: destalking pressing, brief cold steeping with the skins, soft pressing, yield in must flower 60% on the grapes, followed by a fermentation at a controlled temperature.

Ripening: passage for four months in the new French durmast barriques.

Refining: two months in bottles at a controlled temperature.

Tasting:

Colour – salmon pink with cherry tints.

Scent – delicate, floral with flowers and spices scents.

Flavour – soft, harmonic, sprightly and bright.

Alcoholic degree: 13% vol.

Gastronomic coupling: it goes well with rich hors d’oeuvres, first and second courses based on fish and white meat.

Service temperature: 8-10 °C.