2009 Cà Brione, Terrazze Retiche, Nino Negri
(6x75cl)
| Product Code: | 34536109 |
| Description: | 2009 Cà Brione, Terrazze Retiche, Nino Negri |
| Case Size: | 6x75cl |
| Producer: | Nino Negri |
| Region: | Lombardia |
| Country: | Italy |
| Alc. By Vol.: | 13.5 |
Grape Varieties
| 40% | Chardonnay |
| 40% | Sauvignon Blanc |
| 20% | Chiavennasca |
Awards and Press:
"If you like your whites rich, creamy and utterly complex then this wine by Nino Negri will really hit the spot. It all starts with the nose: it’s packed with exotic fruit; lychees and pineapple in particular. It has a lovely velvety body with plenty of structure and depth, and an aftertaste that promises yet more sun-drenched fruit. Despite all this, it’s bone dry with a characterful mineral edge that makes it perfect to drink with seafood."
Paul Pettengale, Italia Magazine, Issue 87, February 2012
Food Matching Note:
Fish, shellfish, pates, terrines and galantines; cold white meats.
Tasting Note:
Clear, golden yellow colour, very intense bouquet, with strong notes of lychees, ripe melon, raspberries, vanilla, mineral hints (flint stone) and musk and suggestion of aromatic herbs; rich, full flavour, velvety but well structured, particularly savoury with an elegant, lingering aftertaste of exotic fruits and spices..
Vinification Note:
The black grapes, harvested around the middle of October and very rich in acidity and aromas, undergo a gentle pressing and are vinified by the white wine method. Part of the white grapes is picked and dried for a couple of weeks in the cellar, and part is allowed to dry in the vineyard; then they are vinified separately by the white wine method with a gentle pressing. The musts ferment in barriques and remain in wood until the end of June, then follow the blending and cold sterile bottling. The wine rests for a suitable time in bottle before it is introduced for consumption.
Detailed Vinification Note:
Elegant and complex, endowed with excellent structure, this is a rare Valtellina white wine which is made from slightly dried black grapes, matured in barriques and is particularly long lived: it reaches full maturity a couple of years after the vintage. The name is that of a vineyard in the district of Fracia in the commune of Teglio where, in 1986, the Chiavennasca grapes, from which this wine is made, were harvested for the first time; in the last few years some noble white grapes from the vineyard of Treviso have been added.
Vineyard: Carefully chosen vineyards in the commune of Teglio for the Chiavennasca and in the commune of Tresivio for the Sauvignon and the Chardonnay, all at about 400 metres altitude. The Chiavennasca is trained by the archetto variation of the Guyot system and the white grapes by "cordone speronato" on shallow (there is solid rock from a depth of 50-60 cms), loose, sandy soil. Facing south, the yield of grapes on the steep slopes of the Retiche Alps, along the right bank of the river Adda, I reduced to an average of 80 quintals per hectare.
Vinification: The black grapes, harvested around the middle of October and very rich in acidity and aromas, undergo a gentle pressing and are vinified by the white wine method. Part of the white grapes is picked and dried for a couple of weeks in the cellar, and part is allowed to dry in the vineyard; then they are vinified separately by the white wine method with a gentle pressing. The musts ferment in barriques and remain in wood until the end of June, then follow the blending and cold sterile bottling. The wine rests for a suitable time in bottle before it is introduced for consumption.