Sfera - Rosé of Montepulciano - Abruzzo, IT - 2020
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Request a Case OrderJust another perfect rosato from Sfera! Crisp, fruity, bone dry, and textured. An excellent pairing with lunch... or the seaside!
From the Alps to the Mediterranean, SFERA is a collaboration with small certified-organic farmers to bottle Liters in limited runs.
REGION: *Abruzzo *GROWING AREA: *Francavilla al Mare
*FARMING: *Certified organic, Suole e Salute
*VINEYARD: *5 Ha in Contrada Santa Cecilia *ALTITUDE: *150 m / 492 ft *SOILS: Sandy loam
VARIETIES: *100% Montepulciano d’Abruzzo *VINE AGE: *20 years old *VINE TRAINING: *Pergola abruzzese
*HARVEST DATE: *First 10 days of October *YEASTS: *Native *FERMENTATION & ÉLEVAGE
: 5 hours maceration on the skins, in the press. Fermentation in cement and stainless steel tanks. *MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: *Partially completed
*SULPHUR: *50 mg/L total SO2 added
*ALCOHOL: *12.5% *ANNUAL PRODUCTION: *800 cases
A slightly chilled down liter bottle with a crown cap is just the thing for an apertivo or an impromptu dinner. We’ve been searching for the right PortoVino producer for Italian liters for a while. We knew we wanted with buckets of low alcohol deliciousness, yet not in that international glou-glou style where the soil, grape, and terroir gets washed out.
Sfera’s at once terroir-driven, but also an interesting take on liters, and bottling wine in general. As Sfera says on their quirky site: Cosmic Verve in a Grounded Italian Liter…From the Alps to the Mediterranean. _Sfera collaborates with multiple small certified-organic farmers to bottle liters in limited runs, _and are keen to give the producer credit by clearly putting the winery’s name and providence on the back label.
This all means that the producers change, but front labels don’t. Another constant is that *the wines are naturally made, and fall into certain guidelines that are lab tested before and after bottling. It’s a win-win, small certified organic producers get to do a fun liter project, and we get to explore Italy. *
These are great introduction to natural wines, grape varieties, and growing areas. Check out Sfera Litro’ site for a catalog of all their bottlings, including the future ones on deck.