Salvioni - Rosso Di Montalcino 2021 Ml. 750
Winery Salvioni
Characteristic
Ours is a family property that has grown from the union of wine with hospitality. Umberto Salvioni, who had studied agriculture, chose to make wine so that he could offer it to his friends. His son Giulio decided to extend the range of friendship, creating a winery that could produce a limited number of bottles of absolute excellence. The first Cerbaiola Brunello was the fruit of the 1985 harvest, to be followed by other remarkable vintages that carried the name of Montalcino and the passion of the Salvionis far further afield. Following his degree in Agriculture, Giulio’s son David joined the family concern to help with vine husbandry and winemaking. More recently, his sister Alessia has completed the team, working alongside her father on marketing, sales and administration.
VINEYARDS
Surrounded by woodland, the 20 hectares of La Cerbaiola look out over the Val d’Orcia from an altitude of 420 metres, opening up like a gently sloping plateau four kilometres to the southeast of Montalcino. The air is clear, a slight breeze rustles the leaves, and on the hillside opposite the outlines of Pienza, San Quirico and Ripa d’Orcia are clearly visible. There are three small vineyards for a total of 4 hectares, each with its own characteristics: soils that vary from chalky schist to stony marl; and subtle differences of micro-climate that influence the ripening of the grapes. All the work in the vineyard is carried out by hand, with hard pruning to obtain low yields of fruit and careful selection during the manual harvest. Production is deliberately limited, to obtain the very best from a unique terroir: 10,000 bottles a year when only Brunello is made; and 15,000 for the years in which there is also some Rosso di Montalcino.
WINERY
Following the grape harvest, fermentation and racking take place in stainless steel tanks in the cellar located just beyond the vineyards, out in the country. Once malolactic fermentation is complete, most of the future wine is aged in 20 hl Slavonian oak casks in the cellars beneath our family home, in the centre of Montalcino. Like that we feel we’re keeping an eye on it even at night, when we’re all asleep. Though the wine is actually bottled back at the Cerbaiola estate, it’s beneath our house in town that it undergoes the necessary bottle ageing before being released.
Data sheet
- Classification
- Rosso Di Montalcino DOC
- Organic
- No
- Year
- 2021
- Size
- Ml. 750
- Gradation
- 14%
- Body
- Heavy
- Ageing and Fining
- Vinification takes place in the cellar of the winery located next to the vineyards in 35-40hl stainless steel vats and usually lasts 28-30 days depending on the vintage. The fermentation occurs naturally in the days following the harvest where there is
- Ageing
- From 12 to 18 months
- Color
- The ruby colour varies in its intensity from vintage to vintage depending on the ripening of the skins and the anthocyans set during the fermentation phase.
- Scent
- the wine with intense fragrances of forest floor with evident red fruits and ripe cherries
- Aroma
- Floral, Spicy, Vegetal
- Taste
- In the mouth is a fresh wine with good flavor and elegant but persistent tannins.
- Serving temperature
- 16°-18° C.
- Blend
- Sangiovese
- Blend description
- 100% Sangiovese
- Contains sulfites
- Si
- Zone
- Toscana
- Matching
- Braised meat, Grilled meat, Red meat, Red meat stew, Roast, Roasted red meat
- Ideal with
- Meat Red
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