Oltrenero
OP Metodo Classico Pinot Nero Brut Nature 2020
Other years:
2019| Denomination | DOCG Oltrepo' Pavese Metodo Classico |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Area | Lombardy (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Pinot Nero |
| Aging | After this period, the wine matures partly in steel vats and partly in large oak barrels until the spring following the harvest. The second fermentation and bottle ageing sur lie lasts for around 48 months, followed by 3 months after disgorging. |
| Other years | 2019 |
Description
Classic method sparkling wine, produced by Tenuta Il Bosco in Lombardy, 12.5% ABV, 100% Pinot Noir, 2019 vintage. A wine born from a passion for the Oltrepò Pavese, a land of great wines and history. Tenuta Il Bosco, founded in 1987, produces this sparkling wine with care, selecting only the finest Pinot Noir grapes. Ample and complex, it recalls bread crust, with mineral and floral notes of rose and acacia. The fruity notes are typical of the red grape variety from which it originates: small red fruits, including currants and raspberries, with a pleasant citrus hint and a subtle sweet pastry note. On the palate, it is sumptuous with a lively savory character and a pleasantly citrusy freshness. The slightly almondy and toasted finish completes the flavor and makes it particularly enveloping.
Awards
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2020
90/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
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2020
2One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.
Tasting notes
Perlage
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Serve at:
06 - 08 °C
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
- Start up year: 1987
- Oenologist: Cristiano Trambusti
- Bottles produced: 680.000
- Hectares: 100
But what is the winemaking history of the Oltrepò Pavese? It was probably the Barbarians who named the land they encountered after crossing the river Po on their way down from the north. Inhabited by the Ligurians and the Insubri Gauls, Oltrepò came under Roman domination after the famous battle of Clastidium (today's Casteggio) in 222 BC.
With the Romans, the territory underwent strong development, thanks also to the construction of the main communication routes. At that time, as recorded in the chronicles of Pliny The Elder, viticulture was successfully practised and, as Columella recounts, good wines were drunk. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it was the Barbarians who occupied these lands.
In the Middle Ages, famous noble and clerical families took over the territory. It was the Malaspina, the Visconti, the Beccaria, the Dal Verme, and the Sforza who controlled the territory and signed the history of the Oltrepò, leaving traces of their ancient power also in the towers, castles, churches and beautiful palaces that can be admired today in the towns and villages of Pavia.
Over the centuries, Oltrepò has been a much disputed land. Through peace treaties it passed into the hands of the great powers of the time: France, Spain, then Austria, which, under the reign of Maria Luisa, ceded Oltrepò to the crown of Sardinia with the Treaty of Worms (1743).
The first studies on ampelography and the cadastral censuses carried out at the end of the 18th century testify to the high oenological vocation of the territory and the great diffusion of viticulture. At the beginning of the 19th century, after a brief return to the French under Napoleon, Oltrepò was still part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and it was during this period that Piedmontese winegrowers began cultivating Pinot Noir grapes in the lands east of the historic Langhe, Asti and Monferrato areas. It was only from 1860 that the Oltrepo became Lombard territory.
In this land also known as 'Old Piedmont', Italian sparkling wine production began at the end of the 19th century, thanks to the Pinot Nero grapes, an excellent vine particularly suited to being vinified in white and then giving rise to noble sparkling wines produced with the classic method.
The winery has been owned by the Zonin family since 1987, who, having understood the value of this territory, expanded the area under vine from the initial 30 hectares to the current 104 (of which 84 are under vine). In this expansion phase, priority was given to the great wealth of noble native varieties such as the amazing Croatina and Barbera, which achieve exceptional quality standards here. But the undisputed king of the estate and the princely variety of Oltrepò, is Pinot Noir, which has expressed all its class and personality here for over two centuries. In fact, currently about 75% of the Pinot Noir cultivated in Italy is located in the Oltrepò Pavese. Read more
| Name | Oltrenero OP Metodo Classico Pinot Nero Brut Nature 2020 |
|---|---|
| Type | White classic method sparkling wine pas dosé |
| Denomination | Oltrepò Pavese Metodo Classico DOCG |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 12.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Pinot Nero |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy |
| Vendor | Oltrenero |
| Origin | Zenevredo (PV) |
| Soil composition | Deep, clayey-loamy-calcareous soil with the presence of marl. |
| Cultivation system | Guyot |
| Plants per hectare | 4500 strainsHha |
| Yield per hectare | 70 q/Ha |
| Harvest | Manual. Third week of August |
| Wine making | From the 30 hectares of Pinot Noir on the estate, only the grapes that reach the highest quality are selected for the production of Oltrenero. The grapes are harvested by hand into small 16 kg crates. Soft pressing of the whole grapes with an extraction of 45% of free-run juice is followed by static decantation for 12 hours at 16 °C. Alcoholic fermentation takes place for about 12 days at 18 °C. |
| Aging | After this period, the wine matures partly in steel vats and partly in large oak barrels until the spring following the harvest. The second fermentation and bottle ageing sur lie lasts for around 48 months, followed by 3 months after disgorging. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |