F. Corbelli & Figli

Corbelli Sangiovese

Tasting note

Light purple red wine. With a seductive sultry scent of ripe strawberries and plums. Lots of juicy fruit with a light earthy touch, uncomplicated fruity and smooth.

Castellani

      Alfredo the Patriarch was already a well-known local wine producer and trader in Puglia . But it was in 1903, with the official establishment of the company, that his sons, Duilio and Mario, started expanding the company.

From then on, generation after generation, the family began to consolidate as one of the most important names in Tuscan winemaking.

Today, under Piergiorgio's baton, Castellani owns six properties in the region and manages a number of brands, wineries and vineyards in the main producing areas of south-central Italy.

Sangiovese

The Sangiovese is one of the most planted grape varieties in Italy, but is now also planted in Australia, California and Chile, but it does not reach the quality there as in Italy, the Sangiovese is also known for Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile the Montepulciano.

The grape variety needs a long ripening period, it flowers early and ripens late. It is a difficult variety to cultivate and has a specific preference for heat and climate. It needs quite a bit of heat, but not too much.

Sangiovese grape variety

The color of the wine from the Sangiovese grape variety is a moderate to intense color with aromas of black fruit such as black (bitter) cherries and wild spices, violets, usually with the necessary acids and tannins, when the wine has aged a little more notes of truffle, forest floor, mushrooms arise and weaken the tannins. .

Castellani