17/04/2025
- Region: Marche IGT, Italy
- Subregion: Monte Urano
- Winery: Maria Pia Castelli
- Style: rosé
- Vintage: 2022
- Date of tasting: 17/04/2025
- Site location: alt. 200 metres
- Soils: clayey, iron-rich
- Grapes: 50% Sangiovese, 50% other local black grapes
- Viticultural approach: biodynamic
- Harvest: hand
- Fermentation: short skin maceration; fermentation in stainless steel vat for 20-25 days
- Post-fermentation maturation: in stainless steel and large oak barrel for a period of time → 6 months in bottle
- Appearance: deep colour intensity, pink with an orange hint
- Nose: medium(+) aroma intensity, flint, smoke, grass, mint, raspberry cranberry, creamy almost buttery
- Structure: off-dry, slight fizz, high acidity, high alcohol(14%), medium(+)body, mediun(-)finish
- Flavour: medium(+) intensity, flint, smoke, grass, mint, raspberry cranberry
- Balance: residual sugar and alcohol are well balanced by high acidity and fruit concentration although the alcohol still sticks out a bit
- Complexity: shows both primary and secondary
- Definition: aroma/flavour characteristics are distinctively defined
- Length: on the short side, with just sweetness lingering
- Ageability: can drink now, but I’d say it has potential to age for a couple more years for some interesting flavour development
- Quality(outstanding/very good/good/acceptable): very good
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