By Le Fraghe

ROS | PINK POWER
Racy, refreshing and refined what more could we ask for from a serious ros?

WHAT WE TASTE
Cherry sherbet (the powder, not the ice cream), wild roses and salty strawberries

PERFECT PAIRING

Grilled salmon, dhal, aged hard cheeses

TEMP CHECK

Serve from the fridge or ice bucket

ABOUT LE FRAGHE

A tale as old as time, women in wine baby! Matilde Poggis first harvest, on her family-owned 15th-century farmhouse, happened in 1984. She worked tirelessly at a time when large, quantity-driven firms and cooperatives dominated local production. Rather than following the masses, Matilde chose to concentrate on quality, revamping her vineyards to better express the areas native grapes. Today, she is one of Italys most respected producers, and, in 2013 was elected President of the Federazione Italiana Vignaioli Indipendenti (Italian Federation of Independent Grape Growers or FIVI). More recently, she became the first Italian and first female president of the European equivalent, the European Confederation of Independent Winegrowers (CEVI).

Matilde has three daughters, to whom shed like to pass on Le Fraghe one day (but were volunteering in case her girls dont want it wanna come?).

THE GOOD THINGS THEY DO

Matildes farming & winemaking is certified organic and super low intervention to the point that its often only Matilde herself working on the farm & in the cellar. Her work at FIVI and CEVI, as the voice of small independent wine producers, is invaluable.

OUR FAVE THING ABOUT THIS WINE

Italy isnt exactly famous for its ros, but Matilde takes her Chiaretto (chiaro = pale) very seriously. She uses a method called Saigne for this one which means a portion of the pink juice is poured off from the red wine fermentation, to give a pink wine. This also results in a more concentrated red wine (more concentrated because the remaining fermentation has a higher solid-to-liquid ratio).

THE TECHNICAL STUFF

Place: Cavaion Veronese, Veneto, Italy
Grape: Corvina, Rondinella
Style: Plucky lil pink
Ingredients: Grapes, Bentonite + SO2(being certified organic in Italy, she’s only allowed to use half the sulphur that other producers are allowed. Matilde uses about half of that)