Harlequin 2016

Description

Still red Veneto IGT, 15% ABV, produced by Zyme. A blend of Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Corvina, Corvinone, Croatina, Garganega, Marzemino, Merlot, Oseleta, Rondinella, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Syrah, Teroldego, and Trebbiano Toscano. 0.75L bottle, 2016 vintage. A wine that is a veritable kaleidoscope of aromas, a tribute to the complexity and richness of the Verona region. The grapes are pressed together without destemming, fermenting in concrete vats with indigenous yeast for approximately 30 days. This is followed by a dual aging process for a total of 30 months using new 225-liter (200%) French oak barriques, without racking. The wine is bottled without fining and undergoes further bottle aging for at least 2 years. A blend of fruit, flowers, and minerals alternating with a sense of well-defined volume and detail. A brilliant ruby red color with garnet highlights as it ages, with good intensity. A sensation of enveloping richness and complexity, with fruit, spices, and superior alcohols alternating with flavors of fruit jam and undergrowth, followed by tobacco, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, combined with minerality, enhance the depth of the assemblage. It finishes with persistence and a mellow sweetness.

Details

Perfume

Mix of fruit, blossoms, and minerality, with well-defined feeling of volume and detail.

Color

Brilliant, dense ruby red, tending to garnet with ageing. Dense, with a high content of glycerine.

Taste

This wine gives a sensation of enveloping richness and complexity. Fruit, spices and higher alcohols alternate with flavours of fruit jam and forest floor. Tobacco, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves touch and its minerality enhance its flavour. It has a persistent and persuasive sweetness. It differs from Kairos in a more detailed flavour.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

15 - 25 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 Harlequin 2016
Type	Red green still
Denomination	Veneto IGT
Vintage	2016
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	San Pietro in Cariano (Verona)
Soil composition	Alluvial, volcanic or glacial according to the location of the vineyard.
Wine making	The whole clusters are crushed without destemming, and the grapes ferment in concrete vats with ambient yeasts for about 30 days. Pump-overs and délestages follow the vinification. The company also performs visual, smell and hearing inspections. The drawing-off is performed, and maceration lasts 10 days.
Aging	A two-fold maturation process follows, for a total of 30 months, with new French oak 225-litre barrels (200%), with no rackings. The unfiltered wine is bottled and receives an additional minimum 2-years ageing in bottle. Harlequin is produced only in the finest growing.
Total acidity	5.8 gr/L
PH	3.5
Residual sugar	4.7 gr/L
Dry extract	35.0 gr/L
Allergens	Contains sulphites