Grattamacco (Colle Massari)
Grattamacco Bolgheri Rosso Superiore 2021
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| Denomination | Bolgheri DOC |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Area | Tuscany (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 15% Sangiovese |
| Aging | 18 months in barrique, in first and second passage. Bottle refinement 12 months minimum. |
Awards
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2021
3This guide is highly respected and offers the most comprehensive review of Italian wines. It has a long tradition and is based on blind tastings carried out by over 100 experts.
Details
Perfume
Taste
Serve at:
16 - 18 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Pairings
Meat
Game
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork
Cold cuts
Producer
Grattamacco (Colle Massari)
From this winery
- Start up year: 1977
- Oenologist: Luca Marrone, Maurizio Castelli
- Bottles produced: 200.000
- Hectares: 34
For centuries, Grattamacco represented the greatest challenge of Bolgheri. Its white and rugged lands were not very fertile. The very name, «Macco», refers to the hard sandstone and limestone rocks that were discarded during the smelting of iron and which were already known to the Etruscans and Romans, who used them in building roads. A land where one «scraped rocks and toiled», as it is situated along the border of the coastal plain and surrounded by dense forests. An agricultural "Wild West" in search for its El Dorado and for people capable of seeing beyond the rough territory.
Piermario Meletti Cavallari acquired the estate in 1977. A wine enthusiast and close friend of Veronelli, Meletti Cavallari revolutionized the estate. The orchards were uprooted in favor of vine rows, choosing grape varieties best suited for white clay soils. The selection included Vermentino, which was not previously found in the area, Sangiovese and Bordeaux varieties, which remarkably adapted to Grattamacco.
Meletti Cavallari was the second entrepreneur to believe in Bolgheri's potential, after Marquis Incisa della Rocchetta. Grattamacco was among the first to consider the Bolgheri hills for wine production, starting in 1982. The winery was the first to bottle a Bolgheri Rosso in 1994, thus becoming an ambassador of the DOC worldwide. In the same year, under the oak tree at Grattamacco, Piermario Meletti Cavallari, Michele Satta, Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, Piero and Lodovico Antinori took a historic photo that captured the history of Bolgheri and the birth of the denomination.
Meletti Cavallari sold the company to Claudio Tipa in 2002. An entrepreneur and patron, Tipa continued the pioneering footsteps of Grattamacco.
In 2004, a careful zoning of the estate identified the site for planting Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc using the alberello method. It was the first time this training method had been adopted in the area, but certainly not the last. The results were so promising that regulations have now allowed its use. Grattamacco was among the first companies to push to the "heights" of Bolgheri by acquiring vineyards in the new frontier of Casavecchia, where vines grow in a portion of high hills surrounded by woods.
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Piermario Meletti Cavallari acquired the estate in 1977. A wine enthusiast and close friend of Veronelli, Meletti Cavallari revolutionized the estate. The orchards were uprooted in favor of vine rows, choosing grape varieties best suited for white clay soils. The selection included Vermentino, which was not previously found in the area, Sangiovese and Bordeaux varieties, which remarkably adapted to Grattamacco.
Meletti Cavallari was the second entrepreneur to believe in Bolgheri's potential, after Marquis Incisa della Rocchetta. Grattamacco was among the first to consider the Bolgheri hills for wine production, starting in 1982. The winery was the first to bottle a Bolgheri Rosso in 1994, thus becoming an ambassador of the DOC worldwide. In the same year, under the oak tree at Grattamacco, Piermario Meletti Cavallari, Michele Satta, Mario Incisa della Rocchetta, Piero and Lodovico Antinori took a historic photo that captured the history of Bolgheri and the birth of the denomination.
Meletti Cavallari sold the company to Claudio Tipa in 2002. An entrepreneur and patron, Tipa continued the pioneering footsteps of Grattamacco.
In 2004, a careful zoning of the estate identified the site for planting Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc using the alberello method. It was the first time this training method had been adopted in the area, but certainly not the last. The results were so promising that regulations have now allowed its use. Grattamacco was among the first companies to push to the "heights" of Bolgheri by acquiring vineyards in the new frontier of Casavecchia, where vines grow in a portion of high hills surrounded by woods.
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| Name | Grattamacco Bolgheri Rosso Superiore 2021 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red organic still |
| Denomination | Bolgheri DOC |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 15% Sangiovese |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Tuscany |
| Vendor | Grattamacco (Colle Massari) |
| Origin | Bolgheri area (LI). A wine produced from a vineyard of 10 hectares at 100 m asl, |
| Soil composition | The soil is characterized by calcareous sandstone, marl and calcareous flysch mixed to clay and calcareous clay, while the climate is of a temperate Mediterranean type. |
| Cultivation system | Vines are trained to Cordone Speronato and Guyot. |
| Plants per hectare | 4500-6000. |
| Yield per hectare | 60 q |
| Harvest | ing is done manually. |
| Wine making | Vinification in open truncated cone-shaped oak vats for the alcoholic fermentation. Malolactic fermentation in barrique. |
| Aging | 18 months in barrique, in first and second passage. Bottle refinement 12 months minimum. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
