GEOGRAPHICAL AND CLIMATIC ASPECT

La zona collinare di Marsiliana-Manciano (Gr) è ideale per assicurare alle viti le condizioni adatte alla loro crescita. La brezza temperata del mare, situato a poca distanza in simbiosi con un terreno argilloso-caldo, permettono alle piante di produrre i suoi frutti, dai quali si ricava un ottimo vino.

WINE-MAKING

The grapes are left to ripen until they develop their characteristic pinkish skin coloration, then hand-harvested during the coolest hours of the morning. They are destemmed and crushed, immediately cooled to 15°C, and transferred to a temperature-controlled tank, where they remain in maceration for five days until cap formation begins a clear sign of the onset of spontaneous fermentation. Fermentation using indigenous yeasts, which begins on the skins and is then completed “in bianco” after racking, takes place at a controlled temperature of 20 °C in cement vats. At the end of fermentation, the wine undergoes a single racking, after which it remains on the fine lees for 8 months, during which there is frequent batonnage (raising and re-suspension of the fine lees). During this long period of maturation, malolactic fermentation takes place and the wine acquires depth of flavour and savour. This is followed by a couple of racking operations, a slight addition of sulphur dioxide and bottling, which takes place approximately 10 months after harvesting.

TASTING NOTES

Colore giallo dorato acceso con intriganti riflessi di oro rosso. Al profumo spiccato carattere minerale su uno sfondo di note fruttate bianche (mela Golden) e delicati sentori floreali (acacia ed anche fiori di campo essiccati). Gradevoli suggestioni officinali e balsamiche ne completano l’espressione olfattiva. Al palato vivacità e freschezza supportate dalla rotondità e dalla pienezza del sapore con un finale molto intenso, sapido e sorprendentemente persistente.

Food pairings

Ideal with many seafood and land dishes, even structured ones, of regional gastronomy. To be discovered with mature cheeses and as a meditation wine.