Vino Rosato "Rosa dei Frati" Cà dei Frati

On the south coast of the Garda lake in the Benaco area, the ancient and legendary traditions of the Rosé wine making process are still alive. They are fresh, kind and influential wines. They are produced with the Groppelo, Marzemino, Sangiovese and Barbera grapes which is a complex and refined local grapes blend. They are all coming from the company I Frati in Sirmione, La Tur and Desenzano del Garda. The soils where these vines are cultivated are mostly calcareous with prevalence of lime clay and sand. The cultivation method is the Guyot and the cordon spur pruning with profit of 90 quintals per hectare.  The wine making process takes place in stainless steel tanks on the peel for few hours. The malolactic fermentation occurs for an 80% and gives glycerol to the wine. Finally the aging takes place in stainless steel on fine yeasts for 6 months and other 2 months in bottle.

The proof of this wine is 12,5% with an acidity of 6,50 grams per liter and a dry sugar extract of 20,5 grams per liter. It is a fresh and delicate wine which is remarked for its incisiveness. It has a light and bright pink color rich of strawberry and currant aromas in addition to the spring flowers hints. The taste is easy, light, fresh, wide and round.

The Rosa dei Frati wine of the Ca dei Frati is perfect with cold cuts and with starters not extremely fat. It is perfect with the white meat flavored with tomato and mozzarella but also it is perfect with all the fresh courses of the summer. It has to be served at 10°C in a high and tapered wine glass.