TITLE: Vocabolo Rosso
APPELLATION: Marche Rosso IGT
PRODUCER: Produttori Vitivinicoli Matelica
REGION: Marche
SHORT_DESC: It’s a red wine made by the vinification of selected Sangiovese grapes with a blend of autochthonous Merlot and Petit Verdot coming from our vineyards of Matelica. Low yield production per hectare allows us to obtain a very complex and full bodied wine. Aged for one year in wooden barrels and almost 6 months in the bottle.
OVERVIEW_PROCESS: Hand-picked grapes when phenolic and aromatic ripenesses are reached, destemming and soft pressing of grapes, fermentation with maceration for about 10 - 15 days, racking, malolactic fermentation is carried out by using selected lactic bacteria.
OVERVIEW_SERVING_TEMP: 59–61 °F
OVERVIEW_ALCOHOL: 13.5 %
PROFILE_COLOR: Deep ruby red with garnet tints.
PROFILE_NOSE: Intense and complex, with fruity scents of red fruit (raspberry, blackberry and wild cherry) fused with spicy notes of coffee, tobacco and black pepper due to the ageing in the wooden barrels.
PROFILE_FINISH: Persistent and harmonic, with a balance of softness and tannins that give a pleasant full bodied character.
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PAIRING: Grilled and roasted meat, game, aged cheeses
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