Sogno IGT Lazio Rosso by Cantina SantAndrea is a blend of Merlot 85% and indigenous Cesanese 15%. The wine is dark red, sometimes even impenetrable. On the nose the wine is complex and elegant, with the pulp of red fruits, mixed berries, marasca cherry and aromatic notes of vanilla and tobacco. On the palate Sogno is dry, full, with great structure, softly tannic and persistent. The wine is very good to accompany grilled and roasted meat and game, first courses with meat sauce and ageing cheeses. Suggested to serve at 20-22°C.

Vinification: maceration takes place in specific latest generation wine-maker to obtain the extraction of polyphenols. The duration of the maceration depends on the quality of the grapes anyway it lasts about 20/25 days. During this delicate passage the temperature is around 26/28°C in order to extract polyphenols and anthocyan and to keep fine fragrance. At the end of the fermentation the wine is moved to small steel tanks for three months, in order to start the malolactic fermentation. Then it takes benefit in small oak barrels for 18 months and finally the wine rests for more 6 months in bottle to improve itself before to be sold.

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