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Nino Negri

Nino Negri Valtellina Sfursat Cinquestelle 2021

Red still

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Denomination Sfursat di Valtellina DOCG
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 15.5% by volume
Area Lombardy (Italy)
Grape varieties 100% Nebbiolo
Aging In French barriques of Alliers and Nevers where it remained for 16 months. After blending, there follows a rest in the bottle for 3 months before being marketed in December.
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Description

Nino Negri's very famous flagship wine is made from a selection of the best grapes and only from the best vintages. 100% Nebbiolo grapes, picked by hand in the most acclaimed areas of Valtellina Superiore, after natural drying for 3 months, are vinified by the red wine method, with long maceration.

Awards

  • 2021

    3

    This 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.

  • 2021

    93

    /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.

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Perfume

Perfume

Fresh with balsamic notes of mint and eucalyptus intermingled with hints of crusty bread, liquorice root, sun-dried hay, cocoa powder, black pepper, prunes and dried figs.

Color

Color

Deep garnet red.

Taste

Taste

Rich and vigorous on the palate with notes of vanilla and pleasant tannins.

Serve at:

16 - 18 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Producer
Nino Negri
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1897
  • Oenologist: Danilo Drocco
  • Bottles produced: 700.000
  • Hectares: 160
Now Nino Negri can be regarded as one of the historic wineries of Valtellina and the entire Italian wine world. Founded more than a century ago, it is known worldwide and has been part of the Gruppo Italiano Vini since the 1980s. More than 250 associated producers confer grapes with shared selective protocols.
All this, together with several estate vineyards located in the heart of the leading wine sub-regions of Valtellina.
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It perfectly pairs with red meats, game, and savoury cheeses.

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Name Nino Negri Valtellina Sfursat Cinquestelle 2021
Type Red still
Denomination Sfursat di Valtellina DOCG
Vintage 2021
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 15.5% by volume
Grape varieties 100% Nebbiolo
Country Italy
Region Lombardy
Vendor Nino Negri
Story Negri was the first Valtellina wine company, in 1956, to produce "Sfursat" with a natural drying of the grapes. This "Cinquestelle" is the most prestigious company "Sfursat" wine.
Origin Areas of Inferno and Grumello (Sondrio)
Climate Altitude: 400-450 m. a.s.l. Exposure: 400-450 m. a.s.l.
Soil composition Loose soil of sand and silt.
Cultivation system Modified Guyot.
Plants per hectare 3,500
Yield per hectare 7,500 kg/hectare.
Harvest Between September and October.
Fermentation 12 days.
Wine making 20 days in stainless steel vats.
Aging In French barriques of Alliers and Nevers where it remained for 16 months. After blending, there follows a rest in the bottle for 3 months before being marketed in December.
Total acidity 6.7 gr/L
PH 3.6
Allergens Contains sulphites