DESCRIPTION
And ‘the wine that best has made known the company. By careful selection of grapes Pigato superior quality and maturity comes the Spigau Crusade, which ferments for three weeks (until 2010 the maceration was ten days) in contact with the skins and is vinified like a red wine, so as to acquire the maximum of the organoleptic characteristics of the grape variety, giving it greater minerality and a more complex aroma and harmonious. Following malolactic fermentation and a long stay on the noble dregs: batonnage and micro oxygenation accompany the Spigau Crusade in its refining in large steel tank until the following harvest.
‘Pigau’ is the dialect name of Pigato and ‘S’ is always prepended as a dialect denial as to date because of its work particularly with the standards deliberately Fausto has never applied for recognition as ‘DOC’ and perhaps this contributed to raise awareness of the wines of Fausto.
• Production area: the hills of the hinterland of Albenga; Pianboschi region and Marixe region (clay soils, rich in iron, suited to the production of Pigato grapes)
• Vines: 100% Pigato – selected grapes
• Harvest: strictly manual, to early October
• Total acidity: 6 grams / liter
• Dry extract: 28 grams / liter
• Title alcohol concentration by volume: 13.5% vol. about
Visual examination: pale yellow streaked over by more or less intense golden reflections.
Nose: interesting complexity typical of the Mediterranean scent with hints of peach, honey, almonds and red pepper
Taste: unmistakable correspondence, good persistence and pleasantness. Considerations: good alcohol content and proper acidity make a wine that can accompany pleasantly many Italian dishes. It has interesting evolutionary prerogatives within two to five years from the harvest. in cool storage, away from light and heat to a temperature of around 18 ° C
Pairings: excellent to accompany dishes typical of Ligurian cuisine • lobate, prawns
• shellfish,
• aged cheeses,
• White meat,
• black truffle;
• particular combination with chestnuts