Wine Mastrojanni, Rosso di Montalcino DOC, 2016
Tasting Notes
Wine of bright ruby red color with a slight purple hue.
An elegant wine with a perfect balance of refreshing acidity and expressive tannins demonstrates refined, flexible, persistent, enveloping flavor with hints of cherry, violets and tobacco notes of licorice and mint. Long aftertaste adorn the nuances of minerals.
Wine with a rich bouquet of live captures aromas of red fruits, among which the most intensively manifested shades of ripe cherries and plums.
Wine will be a great combination with dishes of white and red meat, particularly well it is combined with rabbit, lamb, roasted and grilled meats. It also serves to carpaccio, pasta or risotto with meat sauce, hot snacks, sausage, smoked and cheeses.
Interesting Facts
Elegant, fresh red wine Mastrojanni, Rosso di Montalcino, has a rich taste and rich aroma, produced from grapes Sangiovese Grosso (Brunello), grown in the area of Rosso di Montalcino. Vineyards with a total area of 25 hectares located near the town of Castelnuovo dell'Abate at an altitude of 150-420 meters above sea level. Brunello vines, whose average age is about 35 years, occupy 14 hectares. Vineyards, oriented to the south, south-east and south-west have a different geological structure. In the south-east is dominated by clay and tuff with sandy patches and in the south and southwest of the soil consists mainly of river pebbles and limestone. Vines that grow on poor land, have limited yields (up to 50 t / ha) and give high yields of grapes, from which are born great wines.
For manufacturing Mastrojanni, Rosso di Montalcino is used handpicked and carefully selected, healthy grapes reached optimum maturity. After pressing the berries produced a long maceration in contact with the skin. Alcoholic fermentation of wort flows in reinforced concrete tanks. Maturation of beverage is carried out during 6-7 months in Allier oak barrels of 54 hl, and after bottling the wine is aged an additional 3 months in the cellars of the economy. Having a long storage capacity, capable of wine for several years to develop in the bottle, improving its organoleptic characteristics.
Producer's description
Working together, father and son Mastrojanni well aware that their new vineyards are located in one of the greatest terroirs of Italy, and did everything possible to maximize reflect its undeniable merits of its wine.
As followers of traditional viticulture and winemaking, Mastroianni also took on the farm philosophy of respect for nature and "humility." This approach implies the maximum preservation of the natural characteristics of the grapes with minimal human impact on natural processes in the vineyard and winery. However, such "non-interference" often requires more effort than usual. For example, the harvest on the farm is carried out in three stages. In the first pass remove damaged and diseased bunch. Then harvested healthy and had time to fully mature brush, and a few days later removed and the remaining dospevshy grapes.
Brought to the winery berries subjected to further sorting on a special conveyor belt that allows you to use in the manufacture of wine only the best grapes. Fermentation of wort in the household used reinforced concrete tank with a number of advantages over steel tanks, but vinification best of the crop is produced in the Vosges oak vats.
The very first wine Mastrojanni showed elegant, interesting and stressed terroir character. Gabriele Mastroianni very quickly been recognized manufacturer of high quality wines that have long exposure and potential for 10-15 years could develop in the bottle, getting over this time a fantastic bouquet. The same reputation and continued to support his son Antonio, who led the company in the early 90s.
In 2008, several years after the death of Gabriele, his heirs sold the farm known family holding Illy. The new owners, as supporters of the same methods and principles of which have been previously adopted in the economy, almost did not change anything.
Who can say with certainty that the change of ownership does not affect the quality of wines Mastrojanni and economy, as before, takes pride of place in the top ten producers of Brunello di Montalcino.
