Kairos 2021

Description

Still red wine from Veneto, 15% ABV, produced by Zyme. A unique blend of 15 varietals including Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Corvina, Merlot, Oseleta, and Sangiovese, 2021 vintage. Vinification in steel and concrete tanks, with cryomaceration and fermentation with indigenous yeasts for 20-25 days. Aged for at least 2 years in French oak barriques and then aged in bottle for at least 6 months. A blend of alternating fruit, flowers, and minerals. Bright ruby red color with garnet highlights. A sensation of enveloping richness and complexity, with fruit, spice, and higher alcohols alternating with flavors of fruit jam and forest floor, followed by tobacco, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, combined with minerality, enhancing the depth of the assemblage. It finishes with persistence and a mellow sweetness. Awarded 4 points by the Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) and 95/100 Vinous. It pairs well with rich and delicate white and red meat dishes with robust and spicy sauces, excellent with flavorful, mature cheeses and game.

Details

Perfume

A mixture of fruit, blossoms, and minerality, alternating with each other.

Color

Brilliant, dense ruby red, with garnet touches as it ages. Dense, with a high-content of glycerine.

Taste

Rich and structured. Fruit, spices, and higher alcohols alternate with fruit jam and forest floor flavours, together with pipe tobacco, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. The minerality enhances the flavours of this wine, with persistent sweetness.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Zyme

From this winery

• Start up year: 1999
• Oenologist: Matteo Mazzoldi
• Bottles produced: 150.000
• Hectares: 30

The name Zýme stands for "yeast" in Greek. Yeast is, of course, a vital element in the world of enology, but it also bears a symbolic meaning, since it combines the idea of naturalness, a fundamental value in Celestino Gaspari’s professional and existential career. Yeast also means the process of fermenting and maturing, which stands for a continuous quest to transformation. In harmony with that philosophy, the winery logo represents a grapevine leaf in which is centered a pentagon, a symbol of the five basic elements that combine wine production: people-vine-earth-sun-water.

Re-establishing an ideal habitat where people and nature are in perfect symbiosis is, in fact, the idea of a new humanism of the earth, of which Celestino Gaspari and Zýme are promoters.

This new idea has the purpose of establishing a new relationship between the environment and people as the natural guardian of their local corner of the earth. People are those who protect the environment, but also the ones who can renew it, and reinterpret it.

Ecosustainability to vineyard management practices, transparency of the final product through the understanding of its production processes, and respect for the rhythms of nature are the principles of Zýme’s approach to winemaking.

This approach stands for a simple style of living in harmony with the earth, in a historical moment in which people, bewildered by the opulence of fake well-being, have put at risk their own survival.

Tradition and innovation are the two complementary features of Zýme’s wine production. The respect for, and attention to the historic wines of the Valpolicella area accompany innovation and experimentation with new wines that will enhance and renew the local background. Culture, history, tradition, innovation – a glass of wine is so many factors, but in Celestino Gaspari’s heart, wine is above all "yeast" for the mind and "yeast" that grows a project, Zýme. Read more

Veneto

Technical Sheet

Name	Zyme Kairos 2021
Type	Red green still
Denomination	Veneto IGT
Vintage	2021
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	15.0% by volume
Grape varieties	Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Corvina, Corvinone, Croatina, Garganega, Marzemino, Merlot, Oseleta, Rondinella, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Syrah, Teroldego, Trebbiano Toscano
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Vendor	Zyme
Origin	From Zýmē vineyards in Verona and Vicenza (Veneto).
Soil composition	Alluvial, volcanic or glacial according to the location of the vineyard.
Harvest	Manual harvest based on the ripeness level of each vine variety with a careful quality selection. The clusters are placed on drying trays from 0 to 40 days, just for the time necessary to complete the entire harvest.
Production technique	Organic fertilisation and hand-pruning; shoot-thinning, leaf-pulling, cluster-thinning.
Wine making	Performed in steel and concrete vats. Cryomaceration and fermentation, with ambient yeasts, last between 20-25 days. Must and pomace are stirred manually.
Aging	Between 8 and 10 days after drawing-off, the wine is put into French oak barrels, where it passes at least 24 months without any racking. Subsequent aging in bottle for a minimum of 6 months.
Total acidity	5.7 gr/L
PH	3.5
Residual sugar	5.0 gr/L
Dry extract	33.0 gr/L
Allergens	Contains sulphites