WINE BOOK 2019
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AGLIANICO I.G.T. DEL BENEVENTANO
AN ANCIENT WINE Aglianico is an ancient wine, with roots that are difficult to trace. Stories and legends are intertwined leaving one thing for sure: it is a noble wine that tells of the territory in which it was born, a land that has lived under many artistic and cultural influences and of each of these has known how to preserve the best.
Perhaps it was the Greeks who brought us the vines of Aglianico. Other rumours tell of a Latin origin: of a noble Roman family, the Alli, who farmed many areas of Campania. Even the Aragonese domination could have given life to the Aglianico vine, a vine cultivated in the “tierras llanas�, the plains. Whatever the true history of Aglianico, we are sure that it is the fruit of noble and secular vines and wine traditions.
Precisely for this reason we have chosen to rediscover this wine: all the legends and stories that see it as a leading character hold a mirror to its organoleptic richness. A complex and precious wine, full of charm with so much to be revealed, sip after sip, story after story.
A wine of legendary origins, full of charm and rich in nuances to taste and savour. A centuries long tradition to rediscover and return to.
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AGLIANICO I.G.T. DEL BENEVENTANO
A noble and proud wine that has its roots in history. It leaves in the mouth hints of spices and red fruits, offering mysterious stories and legends.
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AGLIANICO I.G.T. DEL BENEVENTANO Winemaking
Bouquet
the winemaking of the Aglianico is made in a
this wine is clear and complex, with enjoyable hints
traditional manner through daily pumping over
of cherry and red berries fragrance, followed by a
for the first 3-4 days after the harvest. After
marked vanilla and spicy note.
this initial phase then follows a lengthy daily
Flavour
pumping until the alcoholic fermentation is
excellent mouth entry, elegant and warm, sapid
accomplished. The fermentation temperature is
and fullbodied. Good length and persistence that
25°C. When the alcoholic fermentation is over,
leaves an enjoyable soft sensation and a pleasant
the décuvage follows and the skins are softly
mouth which asks for another sip. With nuances of
pressed, in order to obtain the best conditions
cherry, plum and spice.
for the start of the malolactic fermentation. After
Alcohol content
the malolactic fermentation, the wine is racked
14% vol.
2 or 3 times before being transferred partly into
Optimal serving temperature
steel vats and partly into 500 liters tonneaus
18-20°C
for the ageing process. After this, our enologist
Gastronomic matches
prepares the cuvée for the bottling of Aglianico
Aglianico combines very well with all roasted red
I.G.T. Beneventano.
meats and aged cheeses.
Name and Denomination
Storage and ageing
Packaging
Aglianico I.G.T. del Beneventano
storage in a cool dry place is recommended, as the
in 75 cl borgognotta bottles, boxes of 6.
Grape variety
aging process for this important wine can last more
100% Aglianico
than 6 years.
Origin
Colour
vineyards in the Benevento province
dark, deep, rub red, with clear purplish tones.
A deep red color with purple hues, introduces the Aglianico as a decisive wine, with a complex aroma full of notes of red fruits and spices. The taste is intense, full and enveloping, perfect to combine with rich and flavourful dishes such as roasts and aged cheeses.
BIFERNO D.O.C. ROSSO RISERVA
A WINE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES From the inner hills of Molise to the Adriatic coast there is a territory that has a strong bond with the sea. Limestone rocks, sands and fossil marine sediments transform this land into a precious treasue chest that farmers have known for centuries how to cultivate for flavourful and fragrant grapes.
The Biferno, the result of the blend of Montepulciano and Aglianico grapes, takes its name from the watercourse that crosses the region: like the river, this bold red holds all the nuances that the vines absorb, mixing in a balanced way hints of the river and the sea.
The origins of this wine seem to come from the Middle Ages, when the peasant tradition fed the feudal system and made it flourish. Only in the middle of the 19th century the cultivation techniques and the production methods of the Biferno were codified and promoted, used as a tool to re-evaluate the territory and the agricultural culture of Molise.
Today we too have decided to believe in this wine, the symbol of a region and of winemaking traditions of the past. We have chosen to acclaim a wine that absorbs aromas and sensations from the earth, rests for at least 3 years and then reveals all its flavour.
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A velvety wine wit h a full flavour that, like the river from which it takes its name, it leads the way in lands at one wit h the sea and ancient tradit ions.
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2019 Sommelier Wine Awards BRONZE MEDAL
2017 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) COMMENDED
2017 Concours Mundus Vini Meininger SILVER MEDAL
BIFERNO D.O.C. ROSSO RISERVA
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BIFERNO D.O.C. ROSSO RISERVA
The brilliance of the garnet reflections on an intense ruby red, the Biferno is a wine with a full and aromatic taste. Olfactory nuances ranging from ethereal vanilla to sharp notes of spices and cinnamon. In the mouth it is rich, velvety and harmonious, perfect for enhancing red meat dishes or traditional cheeses.
Winemaking
Flavour
the vinification is done following the traditional red
at the beginning it is strong and enveloping,
technique with daily mixing of the grapes skin for the
smooth and velvety with just a delicate presence
first 3-4 days of maceration, and then we do a single
of tannins. At the end it is full, round, supported by
long mixing at a controlled temperature of 25°C until
a good acidity. Excellent aftertaste with pleasant
the alcoholic fermentation is finished. This first part is
hints of cherry, plum and vanilla nuances.
then followed by a preparation of the best conditions
Alcohol content
for the starting of the malo-lactic fermentation. When
14% vol.
the malo-lactic fermentation is completed the wine is
Optimal serving temperature
then aged into stainless steel tank and into 500 liters
16-18°C
tonneau for a minimum of 36 months. When the
Gastronomic matches
ageing is finished, our winemaker does the selection
perfect with meat dishes, roasts and recipes made
of the cuvée in order to obtain the best aroma.
from beef and sheep noble cuts. Great matching
Storage and ageing
with Italian traditional sausage and aged cheese
we recommend storing it in a dry cool place at a
such as Pecorino.
temperature of 10-12°C. This important wine can be
Packaging
Name and Denomination
stored for more than 6 years.
in 75 cl borgognotta bottles, boxes of 6.
Biferno D.O.C. Rosso Riserva
Colour
Grape variety
deep ruby red, with elegant grenade red nuances.
80% Montepulciano, 20% Aglianico
Bouquet
Origin
intense, full and ethereal with good amplitude
Molise region, vineyards located in the province of
of nuances, on all we recognize notes of spices,
Campobasso, land of limestone and clay rock.
vanilla cinnamon and wood.
PECORINO I.G.T. TERRE DI CHIETI
A GIFT FROM THE EARTH The pecorino vine came from far away, from ancient, fascinating ways of life, and planted its roots in the lands of central Italy. Around 1200 the Benedictine monks of the convent of Arquata del Tronto were the first to recognise this vine as such a generous gift from the earth. A gift capable of producing a noble wine, suitable for solemn occasions and for social occasions. A wine with a sparkling, almost piquant nature, similar to the sensations arising from another important product of the Marche and Abruzzi lands: pecorino cheese.
This is how Pecorino wine enters into the list of the wonders of culture and tradition, and spreads throughout the territory that from the slopes of the Apennines reaches the almost flat areas of Abruzzo, in the lands of Chieti. This wine embarks on a journey together with the cheese, its namesake, ready to amaze palates, to give the freshness and the pleasant spiciness that only a wine so rich in history (and taste) can give. All traces of this wine were lost in the 19th century, and only in the 1980s did the pecorino vines take a new breath and demonstrate their individuality once again. We have chosen to believe in and to revitalize a wine that has its roots in history, and through its relationship with the earth can transform itself into a distinctive, traditional product rich in nuances. A wine to be tasted and savoured thinking of age old memories.
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2019 International Wine Challenge (IWC) SILVER MEDAL
2017 Sommelier Wine Awards SILVER MEDAL
2017 Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) BRONZE MEDAL
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A lively white that is named after its character. A wine born of vast lands, from the slopes of the Apennines and the Gran Sasso.
PECORINO I.G.T. TERRE DI CHIETI
The light shines in a bright yellow, a prelude to rich olfactory nuances with hints of exotic fruit and soft spicy notes. On the palate the Pecorino is a complex and flavourful wine, with good acidity and mineral notes, perfect to accompany fish dishes and white meats.
Origin
Flavour
from within the whole of the province of the City
at entry this is an important wine, well-structured
of Chieti.
with good acidity. You will note persistence and
Winemaking
sapidity with great mineral notes and also a very
traditional vinification using the reduction technique,
nice and delicate explosion of exotic fruit.
this starting right from the harvest; after pressing
Alcohol content
then follows a maceration of at least four hours,
13.5% vol.
and after this a further soft pressing, cooling of the
Optimal serving temperature
must and a static cleaning. The fermentation process
10-12°C
is now started under controlled temperature for a
Gastronomic matches
period of about ten days after which a cooling of the
excellent matching with fish-based starter dishes,
fresh wine is practiced. It is then transferred for a long
ideal with all grilled fish and it also goes well with
contact with selected yeasts before being bottled.
not too complex white meat recipes.
Storage and ageing
Packaging
we recommend storing in a cool and fresh cellar
in 75 cl borgognotta bottles, boxes of 6.
and ideally away from light sources, all this to best maintain all its unique characteristics and structure. Name and Denomination
Colour
Pecorino I.G.T. Terre di Chieti
brilliant, with a most interesting intense and strong
Grape variety
yellow glow.
100% Pecorino
Bouquet to the nose this wine is intense. It has complex hues of exotic fruit and soft notes of spices.
SALICE SALENTINO D.O.C. ROSSO RISERVA
A NATIVE CULTURE Since the 19th century the skilled hands of the Salento growers passed down an ancient way of growing proud and full-bodied vines. They planted different varieties of grapes within the same vine rows so that the plants, sinking their roots on the same ground, managed to contaminate and enhance their characteristics.
The Salento farmers grew 3 rows of Negroamaro, harder and more intense, and 1 row of Malvasia or Primitivo, sweeter and more fragrant. With this stratagem the earth gave its best and the taste of the grapes improved, giving rise to native cultures with a unique taste and aroma.
In the 1930’s those same hands also intertwined the fruit of the vines, giving rise to an incredibly fascinating and balanced wine. Experimentation in the cellar, combining the sharpness of those who have always lived in the vineyards and the mastery of those who make the balance an art, has created the Salice Salentino.
We have rediscovered and chosen this wine of the past for its singularity: the magic of the blend of aromas, intensity and tastes is unique, and offers a full and decisive wine, with an intense ruby colour and olfactory nuances waiting to be discovered.
SALICE SALENTINO D.O.C. ROSSO RISERVA
A wine as strong as the earth from which it originates, born from the art of cultivation and the fusion of flavours and aromas.
SALICE SALENTINO D.O.C. ROSSO RISERVA Origin
Bouquet
parts of territories within the provinces of Lecce
an intense pleasant scent, with hints of ripe red
and Brindisi.
fruits, along with spicy, woody notes.
Winemaking
Flavour
the production and maturing of Salice Salentino
at first taste this has plenty of body but it’s velvety,
Riserve D.O.C. wine must be carried out within
warm with a round, full finish. An excellent aftertaste
the grape growing area. Using the traditional
combines a pleasant jammy flavour with toasted
winemaking method: daily pumping over for
and spiced nuances.
the first 3-5 days of fermentation then pumping
Alcohol content
every 2 days for the following week. Fermentation
14% vol.
temperature must not exceed 25°C. Once the
Optimal serving temperature
alcoholic fermentation is over, the racking and
16-18°C
soft pressing of the skins is carried out. The best
Gastronomic matches
conditions are prepared for the start of malo-lactic
perfect to accompany meat-based first course,
fermentation, once completed is placed to mature
ideal with roast meat including poultry and worth
in wood. After ageing in wood the Salice Salentino
trying with partridge. Very interesting its pairing
Riserva D.O.C. is ready for bottling.
with medium-mature cheeses.
Name and Denomination
Storage and ageing
Packaging
Salice Salentino D.O.C. Rosso Riserva
best stored in cool, dry conditions. This wine ages
in 75 cl borgognotta bottles, boxes of 6.
Grape variety
well, beyond 5-6 years.
90% Negroamaro, 10% Primitivo
Colour
With its intense ruby red colour, Salice Salentino displays at once its decisive, full character. Traces of red fruits enriched with nuances of spices and wood, the taste is warm and velvety, with spicy and toasted notes. An ideal companion for dinners of red and white meats, it also perfectly enhances mediumaged cheeses.
intense ruby red, with garnet nuances.
PRIMITIVO ROSATO I.G.T. PUGLIA
HISTORIC ROOTS The winemaking technique for the rosé has historic roots in the typical processes of Magna Graecia and the Roman Empire period. The “lagrima” that came out of the pressing of the first must was fermented separately from the skins, obtaining a wine with light, rosy hues. Through all the centuries after, the Rosato di Puglia has continued to exist in artisan and home-made products, obtained from different types of native vines: from Negroamaro to Primitivo.
In the 1940s the historic Apulian wineries are quick to respond to international requests and the great passion beyond the Alps for rosé wines (from France to Great Britain and even as far as America), creating noble labels and strong and fruity wines, rich in nuances and charm.
This is the tradition to which we wish to pay tribute with our Primitivo Rosato IGT, a proud wine that preserves all the qualities and intensity of the Primitivo di Puglia vine and raises it in a new level of fragrance and taste. Its fresh acidity is surprising, like a vigorous wave that breaks on the rocks, and captures its delicate and balanced flavour, enriched with the scent of blackberries and all the intensity of the aromatic herbs of the earth from which it comes.
PRIMITIVO ROSATO I.G.T. PUGLIA
A surprising wine that blends the scents of the earth and the freshness of the sea, a blend of fragrances that reveals the liveliness of the land from which it comes.
PRIMITIVO ROSATO I.G.T. PUGLIA Name and Denomination
Alcohol content
Primitivo Rosato I.G.T. Puglia
13% vol.
Grape variety
Optimal serving temperature
100% Primitivo
12-14°C
Winemaking
Gastronomic matches
it is obtained from selected and healthy grapes and
this wine is ideal with grilled fish-based dishes and
with light contact with the grape skins, and through
fish soup with tomato. It is excellent with pizza.
1-day maceration in steel vats; after alcoholic
Packaging
fermentation, the wine is decanted into 150HL
in 75cl bottles in 6 bottle boxes.
tanks, where the refinement is completed; the wine is then decanted, filtered and bottled. Storage and ageing in a humidity controlled cellar at a temperature of 10-12 °C. Maximum aging 1 year, best drunk when young. Colour rosÊ. Bouquet pleasant and delicate, with aromas of blackberries and aromatic herbs. Flavour the taste is delicate and balanced. It is persistent on the palate, with a fresh acidity.
ORIGINE I.G.T. TERRE SICILIANE
ORANGE WINE FROM LAKE ARANCIO Origine is the result of several years’ worth of travelling, research, and new experiences. The sum of what excited and moved me in a continuous quest for winemaking traditions, grape varieties and ancient methods. A journey in which my mission was to rediscover the ancient flavours and aromas all too often lost through modernity and advances in technology. I walked for miles, talked with the oldest producers who explained to me how they produced their wine and I learnt that all the ancient winemaking techniques which result in the best wines have lots of things in common. Remote areas; pristine wineries with little technology (and sometimes no electricity); illiterate producers with no formal education who communicate using only their ancient dialects, people that have never travelled outside of their villages, nevertheless able to produce true nectars, the heirs of arts and traditions a thousand years old. My quest was for a wine which could have been produced 1000 years B.C. or could have been produced today, the perfect wine to hit your bottles. Perfect wine does not however mean a wine without defects. And so, Origine was born.
Alessandro Gallici
ORIGINE I.G.T. TERRE SICILIANE
A timeless wine, unspoilt and legendary.
ORIGINE I.G.T. TERRE SICILIANE Name and Denomination
to the indigenous yeasts which are selected by the
Bouquet
Bianco I.G.T. Terre Siciliane
winemakers. The second variety is then added and
with peculiar Mediterranean and balsamic notes of
Grape variety
the fermentation continues. When the wine is ready,
mint, rosemary and wild herbs, the honey flavour
Grillo e Zibibbo
we transfer it into the half-buried clay jars then the
emitted from the dried zibibbo grapes is mixed with
Origin
dried grapes from the third variety are added, in
oxidative notes resulting from the maturation in the
we found the perfect conditions to host our
order to start a third fermentation. The grape skins
amphora.
Origine project in Sicily, between the Valley of the
are taken out of the amphorae during Holy Week.
Flavour
Temples (province of Agrigento) and Marsala.
Refining
hints of dehydrated fruits (apricot) tamarind, a light
Here I found some old, small tree vines which had
the following summer we proceed with the wine
vanilla note, raw sugar and aged tobacco. There is
achieved a perfect balance with the environment,
clarification which is led by gravity. At the beginning
a persistent aftertaste.
so that no chemical fertilization had never been
of November the wine is transferred into the ageing
Alcohol content 14% vol.
used. We produced with ancient vats that are half
chestnut casks; these wooden containers must be
Optimal serving temperature
buried into the soil and old casks previously used
in perfect conditions and have been already used to
it depends on the uses: 10-12°C otherwise 14-16°C.
for refining Marsala wines. We start with a green
age wine for at least 10 years, allowing the wine to
Open the bottle one hour before drinking.
harvest when the flowers start to become fruit
age and mature with no organoleptic interferences.
Gastronomic matches
so that the remaining grapes can fully develop
Process duration
wine that lends itself to gastronomic experiments:
their aromas; then we perform a step-by-step
almost four years so that Origine is ready to be
try it with goat’s milk cheese and pecorino cheese;
harvest, first picking the grapes that are outside
uncorked: 6 months of fermentation; 6 months
with Asian ethnic food, like an Indonesian Kambing
and later picking the inner grapes. The grapes
for the static clarification; 2 years refinement in
Guling or a Lamb Biryani; it is also excellent with
from a third variety are then put to dry in a
chestnut casks; 6 months of bottle rest.
eggs and asparagus or courgettes; wine it pairs
ventilated area, so that there is an over maturation.
Storage and ageing
well with apple strudel or almond paste desserts.
Winemaking
storage in a cool dry place. The aging process for
the first harvested grapes start to ferment thanks
this wine can last more than 6 years.
AZZURRA ROSSO I.G.T. PUGLIA
THE SIMPLICITY OF THE APULIAN TRADITION A journey, a gesture, a run among the rows, have transformed an instant into an inspiration for the creation of a red with character, intense and lively, just like a child. Together with the caress of the red, fragrant bunches that Azzurra, a daughter who is proud and loves life, made in the lands of Puglia I.G.T. they become the symbol of this wine, one tried and tested over a long time. We have put patience and loving care into finding the special balance between Primitivo and Negroamaro, which gives this Rosso I.G.T. Puglia a full-bodied and fragrant character, a wealth of truly surprising organoleptic nuances. The Rosso I.G.T. Puglia Azzurra is an important wine, with an alcohol content of 16° which recounts all the complexity and nuances of the territory from where it derives. Sunny and arid lands, windswept and perfumed by the salty air that surrounds the whole region, lands that know how to ripen proud and intense vines, with their rich colour and aromas.
That’s where we want to bring you with our Rosso I.G.T. Puglia Azzurra, to get lost in the rows of ancient vines, to enjoy the sun and the wind leading you on a journey to discover the taste, through an imaginary thread in the hands of the young Azzurra. The same copper wire that you find in our label, a thread to follow and get pleasantly lost in a labyrinth of flavours.
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2019 International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) BRONZE MEDAL
2019 International Wine Challenge (IWC) SILVER MEDAL
2019 Sommelier Wine Awards COMMENDED
2019 Luca Maroni 98 POINTS
AZZURRA ROSSO I.G.T. PUGLIA
A wine that bears the name of a child and like her, gets lost in the beauty of the land from which it originates. Rosso I.G.T. Puglia Azzurra is decisive, free and proud.
2019 Concours Mundus Vini Meininger GOLD MEDAL
AZZURRA ROSSO I.G.T. PUGLIA Winemaking
cherry and blackberry, to the fresh spicy notes
daily pumping over for the first week of fermentation
typical of southern wines, such as rosemary and
then pumping every 2 days for the following week.
pepper, with a closure of tertiary or ageing scents
The fermentation temperature is set between
where chocolate and light vanilla reign.
24°C and 28°C. Once the alcoholic fermentation
Flavour
is over, the racking and soft pressing of the skins
at first it presents as robust thanks to the passage
is carried out, the best conditions are set for the
in barrique, but at the same time enveloping and
start of malo-lactic fermentation and, once this is
warm for its 16°. The tannin, attenuated by the
completed, 2 or 3 rackings are carried out before
presence of alcohol and glycerine is felt but it’s
we start to refine our Rosso Puglia IGT. Two types
veiled. The final notes are full and round. Excellent
of wood are used, the 500-litre tonneau and the
aftertaste with hints of morello cherry and plum.
6,000-litre large barrel. Once the refining in wood is
Alcohol content
finished , the wine is ready for bottling.
16% vol.
Storage and ageing
Optimal serving temperature
at a temperature of around 12-14°C in a cool, dry
16-18°C
place; this is a wine which, if well-kept can last over
Gastronomic matches
4 years.
matches meat based dishes, roasts, stews made
Name and Denomination
Colour
with best cuts. Mature cheeses.
Rosso I.G.T. Puglia
deep ruby red, with elegant garnet hues.
Grape variety
Bouquet
80-90% Primitivo; 10-20% Negroamaro
this wine has very fine, intense and persistent
Origin
well-marked aromas, with an ample bouquet that
Puglia region
ranges from fruity notes, especially the morello
A free, proud blend; a journey through the flavours and aromas of a land full of character, like the little girl to whom this wine is dedicated.
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