Metodo Classico Rosè N.S.della Neve - G.D.Vajra

VARIETY 50% Nebbiolo, 50% Pinot Noir

DESCRIPTION In 1787 omas Je erson, who arrived in Piedmont through the Tenda hill, came across a Nebbiolo tasted at the Hotel d'Angleterre in Turin. This is how he describes it: "almost as sweet as soft Madeira, dry on the palate like Bordeaux and lively like Champagne". This is perhaps the most authoritative testimony to the taste of the time. The Vaira, in love with all the variations of wine, including "bubbles", could not resist the charm of experimenting with a classic method that embraced this ancient and forgotten history of Nebbiolo.

VINEYARDS Our Lady of the Snow is the most important vineyard in the assembly of this "classic method". It is located in Roddino, at the con uence between the Barolo and Alta Langa area. A magnificent, steep vineyard, entirely hand-worked from pruning to harvest. The soil, limestone and poor, forces the vines to dig deep and expresses a great minerality.

CULTIVATION Vajra has always believed in sustainable agriculture and the natural grassing of vineyards. Irrigation is not used and the thinning is decided based on the vintage.

GRAPE HARVEST AND VINIFICATION The Pinot Noir harvest takes place between the second half of August and the beginning of September; that of Nebbiolo in the first half of October. The collection, as well as the transport in small boxes, are carried out manually to keep the fruit intact. The severe selection process of the bunches begins in the vineyard and, with ever greater rigor, continues in the cellar. Our Lady of the Snow is a blanc de noir, a rosé of salasso (rosé de saignée), obtained from equal parts of Nebbiolo and Pinot Noir. The juice remains in contact with the skins for a few hours, at low temperature. The second fermentation takes place in the spring following the harvest and the sparkling wine is made on the lees for about 30 months.

TASTING NOTES A fragrant, vinous sparkling wine that reveals on the nose and on the palate the union between the decisive character of Nebbiolo and the sweet elegance of Pinot Noir. We recommend it as an aperitif or throughout the meal.