Wine Giorgio Primo Chianti Classico DOCG 2004
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Sangiovese: 95%, Merlot: 5%
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Tasting Notes
Wine beautiful, rich and brilliant color ink.
The wine has a deep, complex flavor with well integrated, velvety tannins. Long aftertaste with spicy oak notes.
The wine has a rich aroma with notes of black fruit, spice and toasty oak slightly.
The wine goes well with red meat, grilled meat, game and cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Giorgio Primo - is sensual, deep and complex wine that is made from Sangiovese and Merlot. Cabernet, unlike other companies, is not used here because it overlaps the classical Sangiovese bouquet. The wine is matured for 18 months in barriques, 90% of which are updated annually.
By tradition, after the "Oscar" Elton John Foundation arranges exclusive dinner. In 2005, at the dinner were invited over 500 VIP guests. In an exceptional Italian menu includes the best and most well-known products of the country, among whom was the wine Giorgio Primo. At a party attended by Pamela Anderson, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Taylor, Salma Hayek, Christina Aguilera, Donatella Versace and many others.
Giampaolo Motta, the owner of the winery Fattoria La Massa, studied in Bordeaux and was sure to create a modern, improved Chianti possible using technologies of Bordeaux, he introduced the idea of "top wines" and "second wines» (grand vin and second vin), in contrast from the Italian method, which produces young wines and more adults - Riserva.
Looking for wineries in the Chianti region Giampaolo helped his friend oenologist Carlo Ferrini. In 1991, Giampaolo Motta manages to buy a winery located near Rampolla. It was the perfect place: the vineyards are located in the heart of D'Oro at the optimum height of 350 m above sea level and had a southern exposure. But the beginning of the wine-making activity was not easy, as it was necessary to modernize and re-lay the winery vineyards. But all efforts were paid a great result: in just a few years of wine Fattoria la Massa came to be considered one of the best in the region.
Today the grapes are harvested with 20 ha, and the rest of the young vines planted Mott rate of 6,500 vines per hectare, tight fit makes plants compete with each other, and their roots sink deep into the earth for the nutrients that a beneficial effect on the grapes. It also allows an equal yield in the vineyard reduce the yield on one bush, which increases the quality of the wine. Giampaolo Motta believes that the yield per vine must not exceed 1.5 kg. In this regard, the company produces a year from 60 to 70 thousand. Bottles. In the production of wines Giampaolo Motta should be popular in Bordeaux tradition - first poured the first wine - Giorgio Primo, and then the second - La Massa. These wines differ only in the number of harvest per hectare, grape selection and duration of maturation in oak barrels.
