Marfuga Umbria D.O.P. Colli Assisi-Spoleto Italian extra virgin olive oli is extracted from olives harvested by hand in the olive groves between Assisi and Spoleto, in the heart of Umbria, where the conditions are particularly suitable for the cultivation of olive trees.
Emidio Pepe's Trebbiano d'Abruzzo is a small oenological gem that exhibits variety and breadth, qualities that make this wine a unique example of biodynamic viticulture. The land at the foot of the Gran Sasso is something special: the significant temperature range between day and night stresses the grapes enough to make them release intense and unique aromas, and the proximity to the Adriatic Sea brings that mineral and savoury tone making the drinking experience satisfying and memorable. Scents, salinity and freshness are the three main characteristics of Emidio Pepe's Trebbiano d'Abruzzo, who wanted and was able to transfer biodynamic agriculture to his vineyards, combining the experience of the great producer that he is with modern production techniques.
Pepe Montepulciano d'Abruzzo is produced with pure grapes of the homonymous variety, coming from 30 years old vines standing on clayey and medium texture soil. In the vineyard are scrupulously followed the dictates of organic farming integrating them with some biodynamic practices, although the idea of grapes and healthy soil was already rooted in Emidio's mentality.
In the winery, manual destemming of the grapes and spontaneous alcoholic fermentation in vitrified cement tanks followed by bottling and decanting by hand without filtration. The liquid ages 24 months in cement tanks.
Pieropan's Soave Classico Calvarino is obtained from the Calvarino vineyard, located in the heart of the Soave Classico zone, and is the oldest family estate, purchased in the early 1900s.
The name Calvarino derives from "little calvary", due to the difficulty of working the land and the tortuous path necessary to reach it. The most characteristic of Leonildo Pieropan's Soave wines comes from this splendid and complicated territory, with its marked varietal notes and distinctive freshness and minerality.
Domaine de Montille's 1er Cru Beaune Les Sizies is named after the 18th century owner of the Maison, Renaud de Sessie, a great entrepreneur of the time. Like any other area of Burgundy, the soil plays a fundamental role in defining the wine and here in Beaune the clayey soil gives us a Premier Cru of great pleasantness and balance.
It can also be drunk young, but it has an immense capacity for ageing and can be drunk in 15 to 20 years.
In the Colle del Monaco vineyard, with a full south-west exposure, Falanghina vines grow at an altitude of 400 metres above sea level, on soils rich in limestone and tuff. The Ocone family has always been environmentally aware and thus decided to certify the cultivation as organic.
In the cellar, work involves a short cold maceration of the grapes, followed by their soft pressing and the start of alcoholic fermentation in vertical wooden vats, where malolactic fermentation also takes place. Refinement involves a short 4-month stay in steel.
Vigna Francia is a Barbera d'Alba produced by the Giacomo Conterno winery, and comes from a real cru, where the Barbera grapes have the opportunity to grow in optimal conditions, bringing healthy, ripe bunches to harvest.
The nose is dominated by a range of fruity touches, which open to a warm and warming sip, where the alcohol level makes itself felt, despite the fresh imprint that envelops the palate.
A prestigious label, which on the table needs equally high level pairings to make the most of it.
If you have friends who are passionate about Barbera from Piedmont, you will really please them with this bottle.
Heletto di Garbole is a red wine produced in Valpolicella from Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella grapes, which are dried in fruit cellars for about 30 days and then vinified with long macerations.
Maturation takes place in large oak barrels and lasts at least 36 months, followed by a year in the bottle.
Heletto di Garboleis a wine with a perfect balance of intensity, structure, body and softness. It is rich in aromas of red fruit, cocoa, coffee, vanilla and light notes of mint, with a warm, soft sip and silky, enveloping tannin.
Endowed with great evolutionary potential, it can stay in the cellar for many, many years.
The Toscana Rosso Lucente of the Luce della Vite winery comes from vineyards in the hills of Montalcino, Tuscany. It is produced mainly from Merlot and Sangiovese grapes, harvested in September and fermented in stainless steel at a controlled temperature of around 28°C for 12 days.
The wine is left to macerate on the skins for 22 days, then undergoes malolactic fermentation in steel. It then matures in new and second-passage French oak barriques and a small part in American oak barriques before being bottled.
A great red with which to accompany great dishes of Tuscan cuisine.
"Luce' is the result of a skilful blending of two red grapes, the international Merlot and the most identifying of the Tuscan terroir: Sangiovese. The grapes are harvested between the first and last week of September.
The must ferments for 12 days in steel tanks at a temperature not exceeding 28 degrees, macerating on the skins for 4 weeks.
Malolactic fermentation then takes place in barriques. It is aged for 24 months in 85% new barriques.
The wine is a beautiful deep ruby colour. The nose is broad and layered, surrounded by floral and fruity notes, in which balsamic touches and sweet spices are discernible. In the mouth it is full-bodied, full-bodied and assertive, with a mouthfeel that enters the palate with lively freshness and firm tannins.
The iconic wine of the estate.
Carema Classico Etichetta Nera dei Produttori di Carema is a Piedmontese red wine that tells the story and the relationship between man and nature; the former stubborn in wanting to cultivate vines even in the most difficult places and the latter impervious, not always malleable and mouldable.
Carema Classico Etichetta Nera dei Produttori di Carema is a pure Nebbiolo that undergoes an ageing period of at least two years in wooden barrels.
It presents itself in the glass with its typical ruby red colour with garnet reflections and offers the nose with very pleasant hints of roses and berries, closing with notes of coffee. A wine that strikes straight to the heart.
Carema: a journey through the history of Nebbiolo, in one of its many facets.
