Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG is a red Italian wine that is classified as its Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita since 1996.
Legend says that at the time of the Roman Empire, first Julius Caesar and then Marcus Anthony arrived in Egypt at the court of the beautiful Cleopatra with a bottle of “Vinum Acquense”, much appreciated by the Queen to awaken the ardour of her legendary lovers. The “Vinum Acquense” was sweet by nature, lively and intoxicating; it came from today’s Alto Monferrato. And above all, it was believed to have aphrodisiac power.
In the modern age, in 1817, the naturalist Gallesio defined it as a “famous wine”, classifying it as a dessert wine that was alcoholic and not very colourful.
Brachetto, sweet or sparkling, was known and successfully marketed in the markets of South America. But it was in the 1950s, from the hills of southern Piedmont where production continued in small niches of admirers, that a respectful but far-sighted producer such as Arturo Bersano of Nizza Monferrato, developed a Brachetto Spumante elaborated in autoclave with the Martinotti / Charmat method.
Since then, Brachetto has continued its path as a protagonist among the great aromatic wines, among which it stands out for its particularities and appreciation of the most refined connoisseurs.
The Branchetto d’Acqui comes from the homonymous production area which takes its name from the town of Acqui Terme and straddles the provinces of Alessandria and Asti.
The most widespread form of training is the Guyot, which, thanks to the contained vigour of the plant, expresses grapes of the highest quality.
The Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG designation of origin is reserved for wines of the types Brachetto d’Acqui, Brachetto d’Acqui sparkling wine and Brachetto d’Acqui passito, obtained from grapes of the Brachetto vine (at least 97%).
The yield of grapes into wine for the Brachetto d’Acqui passito type cannot exceed 45%.
For the Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG sparkling wine, the second fermentation can be carried out both in the autoclave and in the bottle and cannot last less than one month, including the period of refinement in the bottle.
Brachetto d’Acqui sparkling wine saw the light of day thanks to a respectful but far-sighted producer such as Arturo Bersano, who around the 50s of the last century perfected the vinification of Brachetto in autoclave with the Charmat method.
Brachetto d’Acqui DOCG is an aromatic vine, and as such, it transmits to the wine the aromas present in ripe grapes, also called varietal aromas. These aromas are manifested in musky notes, characteristic of the grape, sometimes accompanied by tertiary aromas of vanilla and roasting in the passito.
Brachetto has a rather light ruby red colour, sometimes tending to pink. On the palate, it is soft and delicate.
This wine goes perfectly with desserts and fruit salads, strawberries with cream, wet peaches in Brachetto d’Acqui, fruit tarts, yeast pastries, sponge cake, fruit jellies, fried dough desserts.
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