Valdemone Rosé Extra Dry Sparkling Wine Tornatore

Valdemone Extra Dry Rosé Sparkling Wine - Francesco Tornatore Wines

Valdemone Spumante Rosato by Tornatore is a very pleasant sparkling wine made from pure Nerello Mascalese grapes vinified in rosé. Charmat method with a dry and savory taste, Valdemone Extra Dry is produced by the historic Tornatore winery in Castiglione di Sicilia, in a particularly suitable area on Etna. Its delicate aromas and scents accompanied by a lively freshness and a persistent perlage make it an elegant, harmonious and mineral Sicilian sparkling wine, characteristic of Etna.

Denomination: Sparkling Rosé Wine Terre Siciliane IGT

Type: Charmat method

Dosage: Extra dry

Grape Variety: 100% Nerello Mascalese

Production area: northern side of Etna, municipality of Castiglione di Sicilia

Soil: volcanic

Climate: mild, with strong temperature variations between day and night

Training system: counter-espalier

Type of pruning: spurred cordon

Grape yield per hectare: 70 quintals

Harvest: manual, in boxes, during the first and second ten days of September

Winemaking: once in the cellar, the manually harvested bunches of grapes are pressed whole in a soft pneumatic press

Fermentation: the must ferments at a controlled temperature in steel tanks and then naturally decants cold to preserve the natural aromas of the grapes and obtain a base wine rich in acidity and aromas. The second fermentation takes place with the second fermentation thanks to the inoculation of selected yeasts in autoclave, steel tanks at controlled temperature and pressure, according to the Charmat Method

Refinement: in autoclave for 6 months in contact with yeasts

Alcohol content: 12% vol

Perlage: fine, delicate and persistent

Color: bright and lively pale pink

Nose: harmonious, fragrant and perfumed bouquet with pleasant delicate notes of bread crust, pink grapefruit, talc and hawthorn

Palate: dry, rounded and savory taste. The bubbles offer a fresh and dynamic taste. Pleasant crunchy fruit finish

Pairings: rosé sparkling wine as an aperitif, perfect with fish starters or cold cuts. To try with pizza

Serving temperature: 6-8°C

Produced by Azienda Agricola Francesco Tornatore - Via Pietramarina, 8 - 95012 Castiglione di Sicilia (CT) - Italy