Campo di Camagi 2018

Description

We are in Tuscany, at the entrance to the Val d'Orcia, at the foot of Mount Cetona, where a breathtaking panorama forms the backdrop to a perfectly crafted natural park that has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is where the Campo di Camagi reserve is born, a IGT Tuscan from the Tenuta di Trinoro. It was born from the stubborn and somewhat visionary charisma of Andrea Franchetti, owner of the winery and a man of iconic value in the world of wine, who over time has transformed an area not at all suited to viticulture into a land of experience and winemaking excellence like few others. Today, Trinoro represents a mosaic of many small vineyards that extend at different altitudes between 450 and 600 meters above sea level. The different vineyard locations give Camagi distinct aromas, which are expressed in a single product during fermentation. To maintain the highest possible quality in winemaking, it is increasingly important to vinify a blend of grapes in perfect growing conditions, considering their ripeness and, above all, the purity of the selected bunches. This is not always possible when mechanical harvesting is combined with manual harvesting. For this reason, Campo di Camagi stands out as a product that avoids the problems associated with mechanical harvesting and maintains an increase in the quality of its components thanks to the manual selection and harvesting from which it originates. Far from the systems that often lead to deterioration in grape quality caused by automated and timely processing, it is fermented for 12 days in special steel tanks and aged for 8 months in French oak barrels, before being transferred to concrete vats for another 11 months. It has been hailed since its inception as a 100% Cabernet Franc still red that arouses the curiosity of even the most discerning palates to try it. Part of a production chain that reaches approximately 100,000 bottles annually, it is also destined for export like its other sister wines, equally appreciated by the public and international critics.

Details

Perfume

On the nose open with striking aromas of cassis and blueberries followed by tobacco, dried soil, sweet spices, fresh violets and graphite.

Color

Intense and concentrated ruby red.

Taste

On the palate this is full-bodied and beautifully balanced, with a gorgeous texture backed by polished tannins, which grip a firm hold on the supple finish.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Tenuta di Trinoro

From this winery

• Start up year: 1995
• Oenologist: Lorenzo Fornaini
• Bottles produced: 120.000
• Hectares: 23

Located in a remote corner of southeastern Tuscany, Tenuta di Trinoro specializes in rich, age-worthy red wines made of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot. The Estate sits in viticultural isolation in the Orcia Valley near Sarteano, where Tuscany meets Umbria and Lazio.

The Founder, Andrea Franchetti acquired the property in the 1980s and in the beginning of the 1990s started planting his first vines. The most important lesson he gleaned from a stint in Bordeaux was the crucial role played by terroir. He saw, in the rough woodland that would become Trinoro,clay-limestone and gravel soils reminiscent of those in Saint-Émilion. Only select parcels were suitable for vine-growing, amid a sea of blue clay, and those he cleared by hand and planted in the style of the Bordelais: high-density, meter-by-meter plantings, with cuttings brought over from some of the region’s great estates. Read more

Tuscany

Technical Sheet

Name	Tenuta di Trinoro Campo di Camagi 2018
Type	Red still
Denomination	Toscana IGT
Vintage	2018
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	16.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Cabernet Franc
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Vendor	Tenuta di Trinoro
Plants per hectare	10,000 plants per hectare.
Yield per hectare	25 quintals per hectare.
Wine making	Fermentation for 12 days in steel tanks.
Aging	8 months in new French oak barriques; 11 months in concrete tanks.
Year production	1360 bottles
Allergens	Contains sulphites