• Triacca Sforzato di Valtellina San Domenico 2018
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Triacca

Triacca Sforzato di Valtellina San Domenico 2018

Red still

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  • Triacca Sforzato di Valtellina San Domenico 2018
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Triacca Lombardy
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Denomination Sfursat di Valtellina DOCG
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 15.0% by volume
Area Lombardy (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Nebbiolo
Aging 18 months in oak casks.
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Awards

  • 2018

    4

    Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.

  • 2018

    90

    /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.

  • 2018

    3

    One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.

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Perfume

Perfume

A fascinating nose with cassis, plump and toasted almonds.

Color

Color

Intensive ruby tending to garnet.

Taste

Taste

Full-bodied, rich in fruit with lingering raisin flavours, big and luscious tannins and a long seductive finish. A wine to spend the night with.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Producer
Triacca
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1897
  • Oenologist: Luca Triacca, Barbara Tamburini, Vittorio Fiore
  • Bottles produced: 350.000
  • Hectares: 40
Towards the end of the 19th century, Domenico Triacca traded in wine between Valtellina and Valposchiavo (Grigioni, Switzerland), but he was an ambitious man and wanted to produce his own noble nectar independently, from his own grapes. In 1897 he bought 2000 square metres of vine-covered terrain in the Valgella area in Valtellina, Lombardy. This was the pivotal moment when what would become one of the most important wineries in Valtellina was created. Sadly, Domenico Triacca died in 1910 in an accident while transporting wine along Lake Poschiavo. The reins of this infant enterprise were passed to his widow, Orsola, and subsequently to the most diligent of his five children, Eugenio: farsighted, scrupulous, determined and highly successful.

In the Fifties our market extended all the way into the Engadine region, selling cask wine from wooden barrels. After the Second World War, the switch to bottles was made for the sake of quality, easier storage and to conform to consumer taste. A bottling plant was built, too, at Zalende in Switzerland, south of Poschiavo, for the Swiss operation. By acquiring a storage facility at Coira, it was possible to conquer and nurture the vital market of northern Graubünden, dominated until then by local merchants. As a result of this success, the company could invest profits in new vineyards. By this time the family already owned about 28 ha. In the Sixties the third generation took over: Gino (a skilful salesman), Domenico (an ambitious technician) and Rino (a scrupulous manager). At their side, the ever reliable Uncle Eugenio with his experience and charisma.

The Triacca winery reached a historic milestone in 1969. The idea of diversifying had been mulled over for a long while and, as a result of acquiring the glorious Madonnina estate in the Chianti Classico appellation, right in the heart of Tuscany, this was achieved. In the same year, the pearl of viticulture in the Valtellina region, Lombardy, La Gatta at Bianzone, a former Dominican monastery, with its vineyard of 13 ha, was acquired from the Mascioni winery in its entirety when they unexpectedly put it up for sale.

During the Nineties further expansion in the south of Tuscany took place with the acquisition of the Santavenere estate at Montepulciano and the fourth generation became involved: Giovanni, responsible for the Swiss market, and Luca, technical director for all three regions of production.

The following wines were awarded at the Mondial des Vins Extremes 2021:

- Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG Il Monastero 2017: Gold Medal

- Valtellina Superiore DOCG Riserva La Gatta 2017: Gold Medal Read more
Production area: Lombardy
Lombardy
Triacca

Although food is really superfluous, this wine goes wonderfully with red meat, game stews and pungent cheeses.

Meat
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork

Name Triacca Sforzato di Valtellina San Domenico 2018
Type Red still
Denomination Sfursat di Valtellina DOCG
Vintage 2018
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 15.0% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Nebbiolo
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Vendor Triacca
Origin Teglio, Bianzone.
Soil composition Sandy, loamy soil, less vegetable mould and pretty water permeable.
Cultivation system Archetto valtellinese.
Wine making Drying of the grapes under roof for 60-70 days; maceration on the skins for 15 7 days in fermenting tanks from 130 hl with automatic plunging; four delestage at controlled temperature of 29 °C.
Aging 18 months in oak casks.
Total acidity 6.0 gr/L
Allergens Contains sulphites