• Cipresso 43 Roberto Cipresso Pigreco 2020
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Roberto Cipresso Tuscany IGT Toscana

Roberto Cipresso

Pigreco 2020

Red still

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  • Cipresso 43 Roberto Cipresso Pigreco 2020
  • Cipresso 43 Roberto Cipresso Pigreco 2020
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Roberto Cipresso Tuscany IGT Toscana
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Denomination IGT Toscana
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Area Tuscany (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Sangiovese
Aging 12 months in French oak barriques - 50% first passage and 50% second passage.
Year 2020
Product name Pigreco 2020
Color Luminescent ruby red with light garnet nuances.
Perfume Fresh and inviting nose, smells of potpourri, carcadé, blood orange peel, sour cherries, blackberries, lentisk, juniper, myrtle, laurel, liquorice, eucalyptus, spices and almost iron-like iodine puffs.
Taste Does not disappoint expectations, great structure skilfully supported and enlivened by lively freshness, noble tannins and incredible minerality. Good and persistent.
Pairings Second courses of red meat, game and game. Excellent with a mixed grill.
Region Tuscany
Country Italy
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Description

A still red from Tuscany, 14% ABV, 100% Sangiovese, produced by Roberto Cipresso. 2020 vintage, 0.75L bottle. A wine crafted by an internationally renowned winemaker, a Sangiovese that embodies the excellence of the Tuscan terroir. Temperature-controlled fermentation with selected yeasts in steel tanks and conical wooden vats. Aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. A fresh and inviting nose, it offers notes of potpourri, karkadé, blood orange peel, sour cherries, blackberries, mastic, juniper, myrtle, laurel, licorice, eucalyptus, spices, and almost ferrous iodine notes. A luminous ruby red with subtle garnet hues. It lives up to expectations, boasting a magnificent structure expertly supported and enlivened by lively freshness, fine tannins, and incredible minerality.

Awards

  • 2020

    4

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

  • 2020

    92

    /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.

  • 2020

    3

    One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.

  • 2020

    3

    Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide

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Details

Profumo

Perfume

Fresh and inviting nose, smells of potpourri, carcadé, blood orange peel, sour cherries, blackberries, lentisk, juniper, myrtle, laurel, liquorice, eucalyptus, spices and almost iron-like iodine puffs.

Colore

Color

Luminescent ruby red with light garnet nuances.

Gusto

Taste

Does not disappoint expectations, great structure skilfully supported and enlivened by lively freshness, noble tannins and incredible minerality. Good and persistent.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Pairings

Second courses of red meat, game and game. Excellent with a mixed grill.

Pasta
Meat
Game
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork

Producer
Roberto Cipresso
From this winery
  • Start up year: 2015
  • Oenologist: Roberto Cipresso
  • Bottles produced: 25.000
  • Hectares: 2
Originally from Bassano del Grappa, he began his career as a winemaker in 1987 in Montalcino. In 1999, he founded Winemaking, a consulting group specializing in agronomy and oenology. In 2006, he was named "Best Italian Winemaker" at the "Oscar del Vino" awards. In 2007, he received the Luigi Veronelli Award as "Best Italian Food and Wine Writer." In 2009, Wine & Spirits declared the Achaval-Ferrer Winery, under his guidance, "Best Winery in the World." In 2015, he was celebrated among the top 10 oenologists in the Cult Oenologist ranking of the Merano Wine Festival. Read more
Production area: Tuscany
Tuscany
Roberto Cipresso

Name Cipresso 43 Roberto Cipresso Pigreco 2020
Type Red still
Denomination Toscana IGT
Vintage 2020
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Sangiovese
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Vendor Roberto Cipresso
Origin San Quirico d'Orcia (SI)
Climate Altitude: 314 m. a.s.l.
Soil composition Predominantly clayey and ferrous, with calcareous deposits.
Cultivation system Spurred cordon
Plants per hectare 5000
Yield per hectare 1.2 kg/cup
Wine making Fermentation: temperature-controlled with selected yeasts, in steel containers and in truncated conical wooden vats.
Aging 12 months in French oak barriques - 50% first passage and 50% second passage.
Allergens Contains sulphites