Tormaresca (Antinori)
Antinori Tormaresca Pietrabianca Castel del Monte Tenuta Bocca di Lupo Chardonnay Magnum 2022
Other years:
2023| Denomination | Castel del Monte DOC |
|---|---|
| Size | 1,50 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Area | Apulia (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 95% Chardonnay, 5% Fiano |
| Aging | After 5 months in barriques, where the malolactic fermentation takes place, the wine is poured into Inox tanks before being bottled. The wine is refined for 6 months in bottles before being available on the market |
| Other years | 2023 |
Description
Vintage has been characterized from a enough warm spring and a summer, with important thermal excursions between the day and the night. The agronomic management particularly aimed at the maintenance of a corrected ombreggiatura of the grapes has concurred a balanced maturation of the grapes white women of the Estate Blackwall hitch, such to exalt the remarkable one it upgrades them aromatic maintaining to a good freschezza and acidity.
Awards
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2022
4Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.
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2022
91/100
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.
Details
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
10 - 12 °C.
Longevity:
05 - 10 years
Pairings
- Start up year: 1999
- Oenologist: Renzo Cotarella
- Bottles produced: 3.000.000
Passion, courage and confidence in the immense potential Apulia has to offer in terms of quality are all elements that inspired the Antinori family to invest in this region, in particular in the Salento area. The vision behind the Tormaresca winery was to produce top quality wines from Apulia’s indigenous grape varieties: Primitivo, Negroamaro and Fiano Pugliese. Read more
| Name | Antinori Tormaresca Pietrabianca Castel del Monte Tenuta Bocca di Lupo Chardonnay Magnum 2022 |
|---|---|
| Type | White organic still |
| Denomination | Castel del Monte DOC |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Size | 1,50 l |
| Alcohol content | 13.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 95% Chardonnay, 5% Fiano |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Vendor | Tormaresca (Antinori) |
| Origin | The grapes are the best selection of Aglianico that grows in the estate of Minervino Murge (BA) |
| Harvest | The variety is harvested at its optimal level of ripeninig. |
| Wine making | The grapes are pressed softly and the must that is obtained is put in Inox tanks at a temperature of 10°C, so as to achieve a natural decantation. Afterwards the must is poured in new barriques of French and Hungarian oak, where the alcoholic fermentation takes place. After 5 months in barriques, where the malolactic fermentation takes place, the wine is poured into Inox tanks before being bottled. |
| Aging | After 5 months in barriques, where the malolactic fermentation takes place, the wine is poured into Inox tanks before being bottled. The wine is refined for 6 months in bottles before being available on the market |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |