Alcohol: 12.5%
Grape(s): 100% Susumaniello
Localization: Puglia, Italy
Tasting Notes: This wine has an intense pink salmon color. In the nose, aromas of strawberry jelly, cherries, and watermelon are accompanied by delicate nuances of roses and herbs. The mouthfeel is soft and juicy, with a long fruity finish.
Notes: Susumaniello is an indigenous variety of Apulia in which Masca del Tacco had already invested by producing his homonymous red wine, with the intention of completing the range of wines produced from traditional grapes, giving new prestige to this now forgotten grape. It is currently among the most requested products in the range and this has given the input to a new project, the Susumaniello Rosato; the intention is always the same, going ahead with local grapes and wines trying to enhance and communicate them, but this time in a totally new guise, with an attractive and modern packaging, that emphasizes the extremely elegant and luminous color of a wine that impresses with its intensity, minerality and freshness.
Picking is done manually and in the morning to avoid high temperatures. Soft pressing and low temperature fermentation with short contact with the pellets. He continues to mature on his stainless steel yeast.
Food pairing: Great aperitif with finger food, seafood starter, rice salads, risotto, Thai chicken salad, shellfish, sushi and fresh spreadable cheeses.
The Domain: In 2010 Felice Mergè, guided by his father Armando’s experience, buys and restores a building long known as the Cooperativa Comunale dei Produttori di Erchie, active since 1949. Renamed as Masca del Tacco, the building is brought back to its original rural splendor but at the same time enriched with the latest equipment and innovative production techniques, aimed at producing the best wine quality without losing its traditional nature. Masca del Tacco subsequently expanded its vineyards in the areas of Veglie and Torricella. The warmth of the land and the sea influx of the Salentina peninsula, the hard-working hands of farmers, and the weather: these factors result in wines that are extremely characterized by Masca del Tacco.
