Tenute Lunelli - Tenuta Castelbuono
Castelbuono Ziggurat Montefalco 2023
| Denomination | DOC Montefalco Rosso |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Area | Umbria (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 70% Sangiovese, Cabernet Franc, Merlot |
| Aging | 12 months in 225-litre barriques and 500-litre tonneaux. |
Description
Still organic red from the Montefalco DOC in Umbria, 14.5% ABV, produced by Tenute Lunelli - Tenuta Castelbuono. Blend: 70% Sangiovese, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot. 0.75L bottle, 2023 vintage. A wine born from the Lunelli family's passion for Umbria and Sagrantino, stored in Arnaldo Pomodoro's charming "Carapace" cellar. The nose immediately strikes with its elegance and complexity, with open aromas of cherry and morello cherry, cloves, and balsamic notes. Bright ruby red in color. The same elegance is found on the palate, a beautifully balanced, enveloping, fresh, and remarkably powerful wine that is already fully drinkable but will also benefit from some aging.
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Serve at:
14 -16 °C
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 2001
- Oenologist: Luca D'Attoma e Luca Capaldini
- Bottles produced: 124.000
- Hectares: 32
There was a need, though, for a new winery and the Lunelli family, thanks to their firm, long-held friendship with Arnaldo Pomodoro, one of the great contemporary artists, suggested that it should be he who designed it. The Maestro enthusiastically accepted and, after an initial survey of the area, he already had a project in mind.
The "Carapace" – as Pomodoro decided to call his winery – required no less than six years’ building work and it was inaugurated and opened to the public – for visits and tastings – in June 2012. It is a unique work of art that calls into question the boundaries between sculpture and architecture. It is the first sculpture in the world in which people can live and work, a unique work in which art and nature, sculpture and wine intermingle, underlining the exceptional nature of both the containing structure and of its contents. It offers itself to one’s gaze as a large copper-covered dome, engraved with fissures that remind one of the furrows in the earth that surrounds it. A sculpted element in the form of a red dart plunging into the soil highlights the work’s place in the landscape. Entering the "Carapace" means penetrating into one of Pomodoro’s sculptures, and one is aware right away of his artistic alphabet, which is immediately recognizable in the internal vault. This is a distinctive, special winery for distinctive, special wines. Read more
| Name | Tenute Lunelli Castelbuono Ziggurat Montefalco 2023 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red organic still |
| Denomination | Montefalco DOC |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 70% Sangiovese, Cabernet Franc, Merlot |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Umbria |
| Vendor | Tenute Lunelli - Tenuta Castelbuono |
| Origin | Bevagna (PG) |
| Soil composition | Silty-clayey in nature, with good agronomic potential, well structured and resistant to summer drought. |
| Cultivation system | Spurred cordon |
| Plants per hectare | 6250 |
| Yield per hectare | 55 hl |
| Harvest | Manual between September and October |
| Fermentation temperature | 26- 28 °C |
| Wine making | Cold pre-maceration at 12 °C for 20 hours. Maximum fermentation temperature 26-28 °C in steel. Maceration for 15-20 days. |
| Aging | 12 months in 225-litre barriques and 500-litre tonneaux. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |