Savona Hills Granaccia Igt Cappuccini 2021 - Innocenzo Turco

Description

ThereGranaccia CappucciniOfInnocentTurkishit's aRed wineof the Savona hinterland - more precisely of the Quiliano valley - in the Ligurian Riviera di Ponente.

Originally from Spain, the first "rooted cuttings" (that isgrafted vine shoots) of granaccia landed in Quiliano between the end of the 1400s and the beginning of the 1500s thanks to local families who traded with the Iberian country. Today, after about 500 years of acclimatization, the Quiliano crab can be considered almost to all intents and purposes onevarietyautochthonous.

The particularity of theGranaccia CappucciniOfInnocenzo Turcolies above all in thevineyardfrom which thegrapesto produce it: thecruCapuchins.

Imagine you are in aWoodstypicalof the Ligurian hinterland. At a certain point you open a gate and you find yourself in front of only onehectareOfvineyardclosed by walls: a very rare example ofclosFrench- like the vineyards you find in the Champagne area, so to speak.

Why you should drink it

Thegrapesfrom theGranacciaCapuchinsOfInnocentTurkishcome from avineyardmoresinglehow rare. Thecru Cappucciniit is in fact quite similar to a French clos: unaspecific vineyardbounded by small walls dedicated for five centuries only and exclusively to this clone of granaccia, from which only this wine is obtained.

Aunique wine, produced byvineyardsancient.

When to uncork it

ThereGranaccia CappucciniOfInnocenzo Turcoit is a winenobleandelegant, perfect to drink duringoccasionsspecial.

ARedfrompartywhich gives thecarefreewho know how to give the good news.Easy,drinkable, but alsodeep. PureeleganceMediterranean.

How to drink it

Drink itfreshand uncork it first, give it a chance tooxygenate.

Betweenmore austereAndlong-livedof the province of Savona, isinclinedto agingbut greatalsodrunk young.

Jam,little onesfruitsreds,spicessweets,cinnamon. A very subtle tannin. My advice? Take two bottles andfind outevolution.

Vinification and Aging

ThereGranacciaOfInnocentTurkishhe comesvinifiedlike theredstraditional.

Harvestedin September,grapesit is transported in small perforated boxes to the cellar,destemmedAnddonefermenttotemperaturecontrolled.

Productaloneinvintagesfavorable, afterfermentationis doneto maturefor about a year inbarrelssmallof second passage and then reassembled in steel containers for about 6 months before being bottled.

He comesrefinedinbottleat leastsix monthsbefore being put up for sale.

Territory

We are in Quiliano, in the immediate hinterland between Savona and Vado Ligure.

One hectareOfvineyardfencedgrown on steep terraced hillsides within apine forest.

Soil

Red soilmixedAndscaly.