This wine feels so fresh but so concentrated at the same time. Ripe red and black berries with a touch a dried herbs and rose petals. The cherries are only subtle but it's the savoury quality that shines through making it great with food.
The brothers behind this wine started up in 1950. they are winemakers who also grow their own grapes. For this wine they bought grapes from a vineyard on the banks of the Rubicon river. It's a sustainably farmed single vineyard. They champion local grape varieties to really characterise the wine.
Merlot is mixed with the local grape variety sangiovese which is grown all over northern Italy. It's most known as the main grape in Chianti. Ciliegiolo means little cherry. It is a rare grape that tastes of pure cherries. It is similar to sangiovese but can smooth out its harsh edges and is now going through a revival. The region itself is tucked between the wine heavyweights of Tuscany and Veneto.
Merlot is mixed with the local grape variety sangiovese which is grown all over northern Italy. It's most known as the main grape in Chianti. Ciliegiolo means little cherry. It is a rare grape that tastes of pure cherries. It is similar to sangiovese but can smooth out its harsh edges and is now going through a revival. The region itself is tucked between the wine heavyweights of Tuscany and Veneto.
Italy has the most amount of grape varieties in the world. They have over 350 varieties. There are even more in circulation, up to 700 that are used but not registered. In comparison, all of France's wines come from about 60 different grape varieties, and Napa, just eight . The Italians have been making wines for thousands of years and really care for their local varieties. This is why they have so many.
This is a ripe red with blackberries and touches of herbs. The phrase 'Dado è Tratto' translates from Italian to 'the die has been cast' in reference to when Caesar crossed the river Rubicon and became Emperor. This is the area where the Cantina Cortecchia vineyard is situated, and why the wine has its name.