Monday, March 6, 2017
Brunello and Sagrantino tasting
Premium wines together with delicious food and nice friends made a memorable evening!
Poggio Abate Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG 2008:
- James Suckling: 95 points
- Wine Enthusiast: 94 points
- Veronelli: 94 points
- Wine Advocate: 92 points
Sacer Montefalco di Sagrantino DOCG 2006:
- Veronelli: 96 points
- Luca Maroni: 96 points
- James Suckling: 92 points
- Wine Advocate: 92 points
La Poderina, Poggio Abate Brunello di Montalcino Riserva DOCG 2008
Production area: southeast side of Castelnuovo dell’abate, Montalcino (Siena)
Vinification: manual harvest in boxes with separation of grapes from best parcels of “Fonteantica” area; fermentation and maceration in stainless steel tanks for 20 days at controlled temperature (24-28° C) with daily pumping and delastage; at the end of alcoholic fermentation, post-maceration period is continued bringing the temperature to 29° C for about 48 hours; immediately after racking, even with its fine lees, wines are transferred into French oak barrels, where malolactic fermentation will carry out and will undergo weekly batonnage for the next 5 months; after this period wine continue its ageing for 10 months and then it will still age in wood for 15 months more.
Colpetrone, Sacer Montefalco di Sagrantino DOCG 2006
Production area: Gualdo Cattaneo (Perugia)
Vinification: grapes are harvested in boxes by selecting the best parcels for exposure and soil type; fermentation and maceration in stainless steel tanks for 20 days at controlled temperature (24-28° c) with daily pumping and delastage; at the end of alcoholic fermentation, maceration period is continued bringing the temperature to 29° c for about 48 hours; after the racking, wines are immediately transferred with its fine lees into French oak barrels, where malolactic fermentation will carry out and will undergo weekly batonnage for the next 6 months. It will still age in wood for 12 months more.
Tasted with friends at Seve Italian Restaurant on 600 Huashan Rd, Shanghai.
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