Federico Standerini Sempremai Sorte Sortira Cuna 2017

Description

Arcane, skin-and-bones like the dog rose or blackthorn, abrostine comes from the domestication of a wild grape: Pliny the Elder's 'labrusca' (N.H. XIV, par. 93) and botany's 'Vitis vinifera ssp. sylvestris'. Here, it is planted on a sunny slope and yet germinates late and ripens late, as it is serotinous by nature.

Details

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Cuna di Federico Staderini

From this winery

• Hectares: 4

"In my mature years, I gave shape to the idea of making wine in the green hills of Casentino crowned by the peaks of the Apennines.

The remarkable day/night temperature range of these hills of ours gives finesse and brio to the aromas and the clay-limestone soils with their humours transfer persuasiveness and substance to the grapes.

In the total 4 hectares of vineyards, 44,000 pinot noir and abrostine vines, an ancient Etruscan grape, are planted as thick as peppercorns.

All the grapes are vinified parcel by parcel and each one for itself." (Federico Staderini) Read more

Tuscany

Technical Sheet

Name	Federico Standerini Sempremai Sorte Sortira Cuna 2017
Type	Red still
Denomination	Toscana IGT
Vintage	2017
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.0% by volume
Grape varieties	Uve Rosse
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Vendor	Cuna di Federico Staderini
Harvest	The cold harvesting of these sparse, scattered racemes comes after 20 October with the beech trees in the Apennines already in their autumn coats and sometimes with snow.
Wine making	The abrostine grapes, very rich in colour and natural tannins that are good for the heart and circulation but potentially rough, are entirely crushed by hand in open tonneaux and immediately crushed with the feet to favour the extraction of anthocyanins during the first 3 days of maceration.
Aging	Drained early and aged extensively in wood, Sempremai is bottled by hand like all our wines.
Allergens	Contains sulphites