Graticciaia 2019

Description

Vallone Graticciaia is a still red wine produced in Salento from 100% Negro Amaro grapes. The soil where these grapes are grown, on the Tenuta Flaminio estate, is calcareous and clayey. The Negro Amaro grapes are harvested from old saplings, approximately 70-80 years old, and dried naturally on racks thanks to the area's favorable mild climate, bathed in breezes from the nearby sea and abundant sunny days. This natural drying technique gives this wine its name: Graticciaia, in fact, is the name given to the mats where the grapes are placed during this process. The grapes are harvested by hand towards the middle or end of September, depending on the vintage, and left to dry on the Castel Serranova estate; The drying times vary depending on the weather conditions but do not exceed a month. After this period, in the middle of autumn, the winemaking process begins: first fermentation, then maturation in steel for about two years, and finally a year of aging in Allier and Nevers oak barrels. Vallone Graticciaia is one of the iconic IGT wines of Salento and is produced only in the best vintages, guaranteeing a quality product that, in fact, has been recognized over the years with several important awards from expert sommeliers: the 5 Grappoli di Bibenda, 3 Stelle Veronelli, 4 Viti Vitae AIS, and other important international recognitions.

Details

Perfume

Complex and frank on the nose. Attractive, ethereal, with hints of dried fruits and liquorice, pleasantly spicy. Well-structured, warm, elegant with tobacco and notes of dried fruit and vanilla.

Color

Displays beautiful dark ruby red colour with garnet nuances, brilliant.

Taste

In the mouth, there is a very pleasant evolution of flavours that are expressed with elegance and balance.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Vallone

From this winery

• Start up year: 1934
• Oenologist: Marco Mascellani
• Bottles produced: 800.000
• Hectares: 180

The winemaking activity dates to the second half of the 19th century when Commander Vincenzo De Marco successfully started the production and marketing of bulk wines in France and Tuscany.

The company born from the union of the lands of Professor Donato Vallone with those given as a dowry by Commendatore De Marco to his daughter Maria: the marriage deed of 1934 establishes the merger of two estates, the Tenuta Flaminio of Brindisi with the Tenuta Iore of San Pancrazio Salentino. Later, at the end of the 1960s, the splendid Castel Serranova estate was added. Read more

Apulia

Technical Sheet

Name	Vallone Graticciaia 2019
Type	Red green still
Denomination	Salento IGT
Vintage	2019
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.5% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Negro Amaro
Country	Italy
Region	Apulia
Vendor	Vallone
Story	The wine's name derives from the "Graticciaia", the fruit cellar where the light mats made of woven reeds and wicker are placed.
Climate	Exposure: North - South.
Soil composition	Calcareous - clayey.
Cultivation system	Sapling
Harvest	Careful selection of Negroamaro clusters from an old vine bred to the alberello system. The grapes are first brought to maturity, then left to dry on racks.
Wine making	When the drying process is complete, the grapes move on to vinification. The physiological processes that take place in the berry and the fermentation of the must in late autumn, when the ambient temperature is lower, lead to a completely different evolution from traditional vinification. The temperature of the must is strictly regulated throughout the slow fermentation process and the first stage of ageing is carried out in small wooden barrels.
Aging	Aged in small wooden barrels.Size: Pieces. Provenance: Allier - Never. Ageing time: 1 year approx.
Allergens	Contains sulphites