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Fabrizio Dionisio

Fabrizio Dionisio Syrah Castagnino 2020

Red green still

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Denomination Cortona DOC
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Area Tuscany (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Syrah
Aging This is followed by at least 18 months of ageing on the noble lees in concrete casks, in French oak barrels barriques and tonneaux from Allier, Nevers and Tronçais, as well as in 15-20 hl French and Slavonian oak casks and, to a small extent, in terracotta amphorae.
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Perfume

Perfume

Complex, deep and fascinating aromas of ripe red and black fruits, chocolate, coffee and white pepper, with hints of blond tobacco, spices and tar.

Color

Color

Bright ruby.

Taste

Taste

The palate offers velvety tannins and correct acidity. The taste is fruity and spicy, with exuberant notes of strawberries, blackberries and cherries, balsamic and mineral hints, grilled meat and cloves. The finish has a great character and personality, with a layered, very long and persistent aftertaste.

Serve at:

14 -16 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Young Red Wines

Pairings

Meat
Game
Cheese
Pork

Producer
Fabrizio Dionisio
From this winery
  • Start up year: 2000
  • Oenologist: Valentino Ciarla
  • Bottles produced: 45.000
  • Hectares: 15
At the beginning of the 70's my father Sergio Dionisio, a Roman lawyer, bought a small estate of about seven hectares in "Il Castagno" located on the hills overlooking Cortona; the property included an olive grove and a vineyard. The dream was, even back then, to take root more and more in Tuscany and to preserve that corner of paradise by creating a wine estate that would enhance the natural, extraordinary vocation of the territory for vine growing.

At Il Castagno I spent long, happy and carefree summers as a child; growing up I fell more and more in love with that place, with Cortona and Tuscany and decided to try to build something beautiful and good there. Having in the meantime become more and more passionate about the world of wine and having deepened the ancient history of Syrah in Cortona, I conceived the project (or rather ... the dream) to make, right there, a wine capable of competing with the greatest Syrahs in the world.

Following the purchase (in 1992) of a second plot of land in the locality "Poggio del Sole", the company has assumed its current size, and today consists of two farms, both located on the soft hills of Cortona of the ancient "Chiuso della Valdichiana" (300 mt. away). about 300 metres above sea level), just a few kilometres from each other, immersed in a typically Tuscan and particularly "sweet" landscape, among woods, olive groves, wheat, sunflower and tobacco plantations, ancient villages, villas, parish churches and Etruscan remains, on what is a sort of plateau nestled between the heights of the Casentino, those that border the upper Tiber Valley and the Val d'Orcia, dominated by the ancient and noble city of Cortona, nestled on the slopes of Mount S. Egidio and overlooking an enchanting panorama that ranges from Lake Trasimeno to Mount Cetona, from Montepulciano to Mount Amiata.

At "Il Castagno" there are today, in addition to the old family house and part of the vineyards, the wine cellar and the barrique cellar. It is here that the heart of the farm beats, which is why I decided to call the winery's symbolic wine, "Il Castagno" Syrah Cortona D.O.C., a pure Syrah produced for the first time since the 2003 harvest.
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Name Fabrizio Dionisio Syrah Castagnino 2020
Type Red green still
Denomination Cortona DOC
Vintage 2020
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 14.0% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Syrah
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
Vendor Fabrizio Dionisio
Origin Cortona (Arezzo).
Climate Altitude: 300 m. a.s.l. Exposure: North, South, West, East.
Cultivation system Guyot.
Plants per hectare 5,000.
Yield per hectare 5,000 kg/hectare.
Harvest By hand, in early September, with 15 kg crates.
Wine making After extremely soft crushing and destemming to leave the grapes intact, alcoholic fermentation takes place spontaneously, thanks to the indigenous yeasts, in temperature-controlled steel tanks for about 15 days. On average, the subsequent maceration of the skins lasts another three to four weeks. Malolactic fermentation involves only the first must, i.e. the wine obtained from pressing the marc is never used for the production of our wines, and occurs spontaneously, without inoculation of bacteria.
Aging This is followed by at least 18 months of ageing on the noble lees in concrete casks, in French oak barrels barriques and tonneaux from Allier, Nevers and Tronçais, as well as in 15-20 hl French and Slavonian oak casks and, to a small extent, in terracotta amphorae.
Year production 18000 bottles
Allergens Contains sulphites