A few decades ago, Coste della Sesia still had a few hundred hectares of vines, but today there are a whole thirty. The reason for this was not the quality of the wines, which have been repeatedly praised in the annals of local viticulture since the 14th century, but the general rural exodus that...
Silvio Messana once said that his Chianti Classico 2011 represented a personal reference point for his involvement with the great wine style of the region. He recognised in it what he had always associated with a Chianti Classico - elegance, balance, slenderness, length, verticality and delicate ...
Romagna is Sangiovese country. Some believe that this is where the great central Italian grape variety originated - and not in Tuscany. In Valmarecchia, the home of Tenuta Saiano, it has been planted for centuries in a soil whose mixture of chalk, sandstone and clay gives the variety tension and...
Villa Calicantus: Soracuna La Rocca Bardolino Classico 2022
Rotwein
€17,90
Soracuna is a classic Bardolino in the best sense of the word. Most of its grapes come from pergolas that are over 50 years old and whose roots have dug deep into the morainic subsoil. The grape varieties are the usual suspects of the region: Corvina, whose fruity aromas and fine tannins provide ...
Everybody is forgiven who has never heard of the Pascale grape variety - also we only knew about it from hearsay. But then Eugenio Bocchino and Cinzia Pelazza decided to add a few hectares of vineyards in Gallura, Sardinia, to their Barolo vineyard and make a red wine from Pascale in addition to ...
Data sheet
Grape variety: Malbo Gentile
Vineyard: Situated at 150-230 metres. South-east exposure. Gravel-interspersed soils on a subsoil characterised mainly by sandstone and gypsum
Harvest: by hand in 15 kg crates
Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts, fermented on the skins
Ageing: over a y...
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