| Type |
White green dessert wine dessert wine |
| Classification |
DOC Vernaccia di Oristano
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| Grape varieties |
100% Vernaccia di Oristano |
| Origin |
Lower Tirso valley, Sinis. |
| Climate |
Typically Mediterranean with mild Winters, limited rainfall and very hot and windy Summers. Altitude: a few metres above sea level. |
| Soil composition |
“Gregori” is the typical poor sandy soil of the Tirso valley. It is the chosen terrain for the Vernaccia grape variety. |
| Cultivation system |
Adult vines are bush-trained, espalier (guyot and spurred cordon). |
| Vinification |
Follows the traditional white winemaking process with soft pressing and fermentation at a controlled temperature. |
| Ageing |
Antico Gregori is crafted only in outstanding Vernaccia vintages. For some years the original base wine from the 1976 vintage was topped up with fractions of later vintages of the same wine, so as to revive the Flor yeast by a solera-like winemaking process; following an extended oxidative ageing period, the wine was then blended with tiny amounts of very old Vernaccias, whose original base wine dates back to the first decades of the 20th century. |
| Pairing |
This wine pairs extremely well with bottarga specialties. We also love it with bottarga flavoured sheep milk cheese and spicy fig jam. Enjoy as a big meditative wine or as one for conversation. |
| On offer |
Price Contini Antico Gregori Vernaccia di Oristano Riserva 0.375L 1979 € 63.31
ex VAT
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