Description
AtysOfLa Ghiaia Estateit's aWhite winefrom theLigurian Riviera di Levante- more precisely of the municipality ofSarzana, in the province ofSpice.
EstateThe Gravelproducesthree types of Vermentino: theHills of Luni Vermentino, a wineclassic vinified in white,simpleAnddrinkable;Ithaa, amacerated vermentinoaltogetherparticularAndexperimental, AndAtys, a version ofvermentino vinified in traditionalist white, butnot at all trivial.
AtysOfLa Ghiaia Estateit's aidentity wineand ofstructure, a wine ofagingand ofpresence. Not the classic vintage Vermentino with strong acidity that presses the drink, but a wine thathe strips off his pimp to show you his true nature. A winebrackishthan after the pleasantriesget right to the point. And it is a point thatlike it.
Why you should drink it
Atysof Tenuta La Ghiaiais the proofthan a wine, to benatural,notmust necessarily have unpleasant odors, cloudy colors and difficult flavors.
It is a clean winedone withtechniqueAndprecisionthattellsits territory and its grape variety insincere mannerAndgenuinewithout intervention neither in the vineyard nor in the cellar.
The wine that brings purists and laymen together.
When to uncork it
Perfectto drinkwith a few years on his shoulders, after a period of refinement in the bottle.
When during thesummerarrange oneromantic dinnerwith the girl from the beach next door you met on the water's edge, go down to the cellar and take out a bottle of Atys to drink in front of a niceplate of square spaghetti with clams.
How to drink it
Drink itfresh, at a temperature ofabout 12 ° / 13 °.
Vinification and Aging
Afterharvest, carried out insmall boxes of 15 kg, the grapes are transported to the cellar and mademaceratebefore fermentationfor 48 hours at about 4 ° C. It is then donefermentfor aboutthree weeksin tanks ofstainless steelat a controlled temperaturebetween 16 ° and 18 °.
After fermentation comestransferred to concrete tanksnot vitrified with an ovoid shape in which it remains for approx8 monthson their ownfine lees. The non-vitrification of the tank allows amicro oxygenation of the wine, while its egg shape allowsspontaneous and natural battonage. Next comesbottledAndleft to refinein bottle forat least three monthsbefore being placed on the market.
Territory
We are located inSarzana, in the province of La Spezia. Here the father of the producer,Luciano Lotti, buy in70'sthefirst vineyardsOfvermentino.
To date they are5thehectaresowned by the Lotti family, which over time - thanks to hard research work - have given way to systems ofseveral indigenous vines of Lunigiana(among whichblack vermentino,albarolaAndwhite malvasia), coming to have aheritage clonalRatherample.
Soil
The 5 hectares owned by the company are located on onePlainswhich was once a river bed. For this reason we find asandy soil rich in skeleton.
- village: Italy
- region: Liguria
- Grape variety: Vermentino
- Degrees: 12.5
- Format: 0.75
- Name: DOC
- Year: 2021
- Philosophy: Wine craftsman
- Typology: Vermentino
- Colour: Yellow
- When to drink it: Fish dinner
- Peculiarities: Macerato
- Reference: 734820
- Allergeni: Solfiti