Fiorano Rosso
Fiorano Rosso is made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes. It is a serious wine deserving a long decant or cellar-aging.
Appellation: Lazio IGT
Type: Red, dry
Blend: Approximately 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot (varies with vintage)
Color: Bright, intense ruby of medium concentration.
Bouquet: The aromas are truly complex and pronounced with austere notes of tar, slightly smoky as well as balsamic tones along with accents of cassis and blueberry that merge into a broad aromatic spectrum of extraordinary elegance.
Taste: The mouthfeel is silky, harmonious and full-bodied with just a hint of very fine tannins while there I absolutely no woodiness.
Alcohol: 13.5%.
Serving Temperature: 16-18 C° (61-65º F).
Pairing: Grilled beef ribs, roast goose, grilled steak with gorgonzola, game sausages, venison and any hearty vegetable dish or stew.
Production Area: Colli Albani, Roma.
Soil: Volcanic, pozzolanic with volcanic ashes deposited by the nearby and enormous Latium Volcano.
Exposure: Southwestern/northeastern, which allows the grapes to receive constant sunlight throughout the day and to be exposed to breezes from both the nearby sea and the Alban Hills.
Cultivation: Spur-trained.
Aging: in 10-hectoliter Slovenian oak barrels. A long period of bottle aging in the natural caves of the "Cantina Storica" (Historic Cellar).
