“LV” Rosé Nature

LV Rosé Nature (often labelled Levis Rosato/Levis Rosé Nature) is Cherubini’s long-lees, zero-dosage Pinot Nero sparkling wine from the limestone-rich hills outside Brescia. Pinot Nero is destemmed and given a brief six-hour maceration for its pale colour before soft pressing and spontaneous fermentation in concrete tanks, where it remains until tirage. The wine then ages a minimum of 48 months on the lees, with disgorgement and topping up done using the same wine and no dosage. In the glass it shows a delicate onion-skin/pale salmon hue, with fine, persistent bubbles and a nose of grapefruit, rose, raspberry and subtle tertiary/autolytic notes. The palate is dry, fresh and finely balanced, where acidity and minerality wrap around a savoury, gently evolved core.