http://distinguished-brands.com/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:33:22 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 100% Nebbiolo.

Production zone
The estate’s storied wine, obtained from a careful selection of the best from the Monfalletto vineyards. Vines are 20 to 40 years of age, with strictly southeast and southwest exposure, which gives the resulting wine extraordinary quality and harmonious maturation. Clayey, calcareous soil lends elegance and complexity. Magnesium and manganese oxides in the soil make for the softest tannins. Vines sit at altitudes between 250 and 300 meters above seal level.

Harvest
Middle weeks of October.

Yield per hectare
65 hectoliters of grapes.

Vinification
Each vineyard with uniform characteristics (exposure, age, soil, order of planting, clones, etc.) is harvested and vinified individually. Maceration takes 4-5 days in stainless steel tanks, followed by fermentation for 10-12 days. Wine is then transferred to barrels of different sizes and types of wood and allowed to undergo malolactic fermentation until December.

Maturation
All the different constituents require maturation in different kinds of wood, both French and Slavonian, for a period lasting between 18 and 22 months. Followed by blending and bottling. After one year, the bottles are ready for release.

Sensory characteristics
Deep garnet color, with perfectly mixed floral and spicy qualities in the nose. Notes of licorice, cherries in liqueur, cacao and fresh raspberries. Rich, full-bodied and elegant on the palate.

Serving temperature
18 °C.

Average life of wine
Age-worthy wine that matures slowly and constantly in the bottle. Tremendous expression can be expected over decades. Timeless.

Food matches
An aristocratic wine that finds its ideal match in game, jugged hare, braised beef, chamois, roe buck saddle, wild boar, venison, and pigeon. Superb with dishes garnished with white truffles from Alba, like cardoon flan with fonduta and duck ravioli.

]]> http://distinguished-brands.com/wine/fiero-noce/barolo-afelio-fiero-noce.php http://distinguished-brands.com/wine/fiero-noce/barolo-afelio-fiero-noce.php Fiero Noce Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:33:22 -0700 Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

VINEYARD LOCATION
Campogiovanni tenuta (Montalcino- Siena)

ALTITUDE
250/300 metres

ASPECT
south, southwest

VINEYARD SIZE
12 hectares

YEAR PLANTED
1976 to 1988

SOIL PROFILE
Medium textured, largely silt-sand with some clay,
on sandstone and calcareous marl

TRAING SYSTEM
Spur-pruned cordon

GRAPES
Brunello (sangiovese clone) 100%

HARVEST
Mid of September

VINIFICATION ANDMATURATION
Twenty-day maceration at 28-30°C, and malolactic fermentation in steel. Maturation for 36 months in large Slavonian oak botti, followed by a further 12 months in the bottle

BOTTLES PRODUCTS
72,000

SERVING TEMPERATURE
18° C

ALCOHOL
13.5% Vol.

TOTAL ACIDITY
6.0 g/l

RESIDUAL SUGAR
1.2 g/l

CELLARING
8-10 years

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VINEYARD LOCATION     
Selection of grapes of the best Chianti Classico-area vineyeards (Castelnuovo Berardenga - Siena)

ALTITUDE    
350-400 metres

SOIL PROFILE    
Medium-textured, predominantly calcareous marl breakdown of alberese and galestro strata, with abundant gravel-pebble mixture, resting on the Monte Morello formation or on macigno del Chianti sandstone

TRAINING SYSTEM
Guyot and spur-pruned cordon

GRAPES    
Sangiovese 100%

HARVEST    
First half of October

VINIFICATION AND MATURATION    
28-30°C fermentation on the skins for 18-20 days followed by malolactic fermentation in steel. 80% of the wine then matures for 24 months in 60- or 90- hl Slavonian oak botti, and 20% in 225-litre French barriques, followed by a further 6 months or so in the bottle.

BOTTLES PRODUCED
280,000

SERVING TEMPERATURE
18° C

ALCOHOL
12.8% Vol.

TOTAL ACIDITY
5.8 g/l

RESIDUAL SUGAR
1.3 g/l

CELLARING    
10 years

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VINEYARD LOCATION
Agricola San Felice properties (Castelnuovo
Berardenga, Siena)

ALTITUDE
350/400 metres

SOIL PROFILE
Medium-textured, predominantly calcareous marl breakdown of alberese and galestro strata, with abundant gravel-pebble mixture, resting on rocks of the Monte Morello formation or on macigno sandstone. Some extension into silt- and sandrich alluvial soils

TRAINING SYSTEM
Guyot and spur-pruned cordon

GRAPES
Sangiovese 100%

HARVEST
First half of October

VINIFICATION AND MATURATION
8-10 days fermentation on the skins at 28-30° C, followed by malolactic fermentation in steel.
Maturation in large Slavonian oak botti for 10-12 months, followed by 2 months in the bottle

BOTTLES PRODUCED
260,000

SERVING TEMPERATURE
18° C

ALCOHOL
12.5 Vol

TOTAL ACIDITY
6.3 g/l

RESIDUAL SUGAR
1.4 g/l

CELLARING
3-5 years

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Pinot Grigio

Production Area
Campodipietra (TV)

Characteristics
An intense and composite nose: the flowery hint of youth
is combined with a delicate hue of fresh bread, a scent of dry hay and
toasted almond. A well-blanced taste that is appreciated among the first
white wines of the year, never sharp but elegant and dry

Accompaniment
It pairs well with light hors d'oeuvres, vegetable and herb
dishes, soups, fish and garden vegetables

ABV
12-12.5%

Serving Temperature 
46 - 50 F
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