Coevo (and mortadella foam…)
Ben on Monday 21 June
Journalists, sommeliers and leading Italian wine experts gathered in London on June 7 for the UK launch of Coevo from Cecchi. This wine, which has been greeted with great reviews since its launch in Italy, is Cecchi’s way of celebrating their region and the grapes which have made it famous. Coevo, which means ‘contemporary’ in English, has already won ‘Tre Bicchieri’ (3 glasses) in the Gambero Rosso, Italy’s most important wine publication. Cesare and Andrea Cecchi were on hand to launch the wine, which formed the centrepiece of a fascinating tasting of different cuvees which together go together to make Coevo. Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvingon and Petit Verdot form the key elements of this new superstar.
But the wine tasting was not all! Leading chef Massimo Bottura of the Osteria Francescana in Modena had been invited to prepare a number of dishes to complement the new wine. He did not disappoint, with everything from Mortadella ‘spuma’, to leek fondue with truffles, to brazed veal, and the final dish, a ‘lollipop’ of foie gras! The tasters were dazzled by both the wine and the food and the launch was certainly the talk of Identita London where it took place. You can read Fiona Beckett’s much more complete write up of this event here.