Fosso della Rosa Almondo

Fosso della Rosa, from Giovanni Almondo's Piedmontese winery, is a very special label, a true speciality of the house, which presents a traditional wine in an elegant guise. It is a floral, fruity and slightly sparkling red, characterised by rich aromaticity. A slight residual sugar is left during vinification, which gives the sip a particularly suave and sweet touch. It is precisely this gustatory characteristic that makes the wine very suitable for tasting with dark chocolate and berry desserts or with currant or blueberry tarts.

Fosso della Rosa wine comes from a family-owned estate in Montà, in the heart of the Roero lands. The Almondo estate covers some fifteen hectares and produces wines with an artisanal and genuine profile, which have won over wine lovers for their fidelity to the terroir. The grapes come from the estate's vineyards located at an altitude of around 300-350 metres above sea level and are cultivated on soils typical of the Roero area, with a predominantly sandy matrix and components of silt, limestone and clay. The sunny south-westerly exposure and the mild, breezy climate allow the grapes to arrive with healthy, perfectly ripe grapes at harvest time. After cold maceration for a few days, fermentation occurs in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks with maceration on the skins. The fermentation process is interrupted when the wine has reached 5% vol. to preserve a natural sugar residue.

Giovanni Almondo's Fosso della Rosa red wine is the fruit of a desire to make a fragrant, simple wine characterised by immediate drinking pleasure. It presents itself to the eye with an intense, luminous pink colour. The bouquet is refined and elegant, with floral scents of dried rose petals, iris and violet and aromas of raspberry, redcurrant and wild strawberry. The entry on the palate is persuasively sweet, with delicate, juicy and crisp fruit aromas and a very fine, subtle tannic texture. The sweetness of the sip is well balanced by a lively freshness, which gives impetus and tension to the finish.