Ornello 2023

Description

Still red wine from Maremma Toscana DOC, 14% ABV, produced by Rocca di Frassinello. Blend: 40% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 20% Syrah, 2022 vintage. A wine born from the collaboration between a French and Italian winery, namely the meeting between Domanin Barone di Rothschild-Lafite and Paolo Panerai's Cantina Castellare. Aged for 10 months in barriques and 6 months in bottle. On the nose, it presents balsamic and roasted coffee notes. Intense ruby red color. On the palate, notes of undergrowth and very soft, velvety tannins.

Details

Perfume

Elegant balsamic notes and hints of roasted coffee on the nose.

Color

Deep ruby red.

Taste

On the palate, undergrowth calls, supported by a soft, velvety tannin that provides balance and persistence.

Serve at:

14 -16 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Rocca di Frassinello

From this winery

• Start up year: 1999
• Oenologist: Alessandro Cellai
• Bottles produced: 400.000
• Hectares: 80

The Rocca di Frassinello project was inspired by a very simple idea – or should we say a very simple need: to replicate the model of excellence set in motion by the Castellare di Castellina winery in a new region. We set our sights on the central Maremma area, between Bolgheri and Scansano, where a sort of geological foot can be found, with the same characteristics as the Chianti and Montalcino terrains (of which this foot is in fact a kind of extension towards the sea).

Land, therefore, similar to Tuscany’s most famous wine regions, but with one important difference: an average temperature 4 to 5 and even 6 °C higher, with grapes therefore characterised by the ability to ripen even three to four weeks earlier..

This area, so incredibly well suited for cultivating grapes is part of the Gavorrano and Roccastrada municipalities. It is indeed here where the first – and so far only one of its kind – French-Italian joint venture project for the production of wine took shape.

The agreement between Castellare and Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite), leading French wine brand in the world, aimed from the very beginning to bring together the experience of Castellare in the cultivation and vinification of Tuscany’s main vine variety, the famous Sangioveto, with Lafite’s long standing know-how of classical French vines like Cabernet, Merlot, Petit Verdot and Shiraz. It took two years to bring together the five small farms that make up the 500 hectares of the Rocca di Frassinello, a continuing project which today already sees close to 90 hectares of planted vineyards. This already extremely ambitious venture has been further enriched by marking and pairing the birth of the Rocca di Frassinello winery with one of the most prestigious names in the world of design and architecture: that of Renzo Piano. (nella foto a sinistra). Read more

Tuscany

Technical Sheet

Name	Rocca di Frassinello Ornello 2023
Type	Red still
Denomination	Maremma Toscana DOC
Vintage	2023
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	14.0% by volume
Grape varieties	40% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 20% Syrah
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Vendor	Rocca di Frassinello
Origin	Gavorrano (Grosseto)
Climate	Altitude: 90 m. a.s.l.
Soil composition	Medium mix rich in skeleton.
Cultivation system	Spurred cordon.
Plants per hectare	5,900
Yield per hectare	55 q.
Harvest	Late August (merlot), mid-September (sangiovese, cabernet sauvignon, syrah).
Wine making	In steel.
Aging	12 months in barriques, 5 months in bottle.
Allergens	Contains sulphites