Red wine
Montenero
2014
A surprising olfactory experience between hints of undergrowth, anise, white chocolate, vanilla and liquorice tell about the 24 months in barriques.
Harmony and vigour to the taste, allow important gastronomic combinations: dishes based on red meat, game, aged cheeses and cold cuts.
Features &
Pairings
Colour: intense ruby red color.
Nose: powerful and austere. Montenero manages to express the two vines in a distinct game of scents and harmony.
Scents of undergrowth, moss, red fruit ... in a sensory game that evokes autumn. He continues his story with an intriguing vanilla, licorice, coffee, white chocolate, cinnamon, mace flower, cardamom ... the wise choice of his wooden home makes it complex and intriguing.
Taste: powerful, vigorous, long, austere, velvety, ample and satisfying, it manages to balance its powerful structure with a mellow and harmonious tannin.
On the palate the aromas of spices are tactfully awakened in a complex perceptive game
Serving temperature 16 - 18°C.
Pairing: red meat, game, game, risotto and first courses with an important taste.
Data sheet
Montenero
- Classification: IGP Sicilia Red
- Certification: Organic
- Grape variety: 65% Syrah –35% Cabernet Franc (m biodynamic grapes)
- Vineyards Location: Castelbuono (PA) - C.da Santa Anastasia Montenero Hill 500 m. s.l.m.
- N. plants per hectare: 4.000
- Yeald per hectar: Syrah 6.000 kg – Cabernet Franc 5.000 kg
- Harvest: Hand-picking: Syrah third decade of August, Cabernet Franc early September
- Production Technique: Traditional red vinification in small oak conical section 100 hl. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeast, controlled temperature for about 20 days. Long maceration on the skins for 30 days.
- Aging: Aging: For 2 months in concrete tanks, complete malolactic fermentation in first and second passage French Allier oak barriques for 24 months. 12 months in bottle.
- Alc.% Vol.: 14
