Vino Rosato, "Passatella", Steiger-Kalena - 2022

Name: Vino Rosato, "Passatella", Steiger-Kalena
Brand: Steiger-Kalena
SKU: 50650
Price: 29.96 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 50650 750mL

This structured and medium-bodied dry rosé is made of 85% Montepulciano, 10% Aglianico, 5% Tintilia planted in 2016. Giulio and Margarita Steiger started this winery from the ground up in Molise, an unsung wine region of Italy. Pair with Pampanella.

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Color

Rosé

Vintage

2022

Country

Italy

Region

Molise

Producer

Steiger-Kalena

Grape Variety

Montepulciano

Aglianico

Tintilia

Production Methods

Organic

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

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Staff Pick Notes

85% Montepulciano, 10% Aglianico, 5% Tintilia Picture it – sitting on the patio, looking out over the olive trees and the stable of donkeys, playing a game of “Passatella” (the 17th century card game), and sipping a glass of deep rosato that reminds you of an herbal hibiscus tea. There’s something different about this wine. It has a pastoral, sun-baked quality about it that may have you tilt your head for a moment..but then you won’t be able to resist going back for another taste. Giulio and Margarita Steiger moved to Molise (Giuilo’s birthplace) from Paris in 2014. Their goal being to start their family within nature in a fairly untouched land. They landed on Contrada Olivoli, in the countryside of Casacalenda. They began planting in 2016, and their winery’s namesake comes from the old name for Casacalenda, “Kalena.”

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Glossary

Aglianico

Brought to Italy by the Greeks in the 6th century B.C., Aglianico enjoyed an early heyday in the ancient world as one of the key components of Falernum, a wine revered by kings and poets. After nearly being wiped out by Phylloxera in the 19th century, the grape is now experiencing a great revival in southern Italy. Inky-black in color, with big tannins and firm structure, the grape offers typical notes of black fruits, smoke, dark chocolate, and mineral. It is a natural match for roasts and...

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