2021 Rosato di Ampeleia

Garden of fruits and pleasure - luminous. Rosato di Ampeleia is the result of combining two grape varieties: whole clusters of Alicante Nero are left to infuse in the must of Carignano grapes and are pushed to the surface by fermentation, where they sway, buoyed by a fragrant juice, and slowly release their flavour. Although there is not much sand in our soils, the vineyards that produce the grapes for Rosato are an exception - somehow sandy soils produce the most wonderfully perfumed of win...Read More...

Garden of fruits and pleasure - luminous. Rosato di Ampeleia is the result of combining two grape varieties: whole clusters of Alicante Nero are left to infuse in the must of Carignano grapes and are pushed to the surface by fermentation, where they sway, buoyed by a fragrant juice, and slowly release their flavour. Although there is not much sand in our soils, the vineyards that produce the grapes for Rosato are an exception - somehow sandy soils produce the most wonderfully perfumed of wines.

The queen has entered the building. Elisabetta Foradori is the person when it comes to revitalising sustainable production in Trentino, Alto Aldige. She has partnered with Thomas Widmann and Giovanni Podini and made a series of wines that celebrate the provenance of Tuscany, stripping back it’s super Tuscan status and focussing more on local varieties, fruit purity and youthfulness. The name Ampeleia comes from the Greek ampelos - the vine 

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