The 2019 awards space for Carpineto is back, and now it’s up to Farnito Cabernet Sauvignon IGT - Carpineto, a Cabernet Sauvignon rewarded with 90 points Wine Enthusiast 2019 and 90 points in the Gilbert and Gallard International Challenge 2019, it is the only wine of the winery produced entirely with grapes from an international wine variety. In the Farnito case the company leitmotiv “great wines of Tuscany” has a different interpretation, indeed differently from the other bottles where typical Tuscan wine varieties and denominations are involved, here the focus is on the Tuscan interpretation of an International wine variety. The result is a strong ruby red clolour, the main aromas are very mature fruits but above all spices and licorice. Very energetic and full bodied with pleasant notes of wood and vanilla with a great final persistence.

Casello Bondoni rises in the middle of the Lugana kingdom, on the southern side of Lake Garda, precisely between Desenzano and Sirmione. It is just this denomination deriving from Trebbiano wine variety to which it dedicates a huge part of its production. A line that, as the winery itself, isn’t static bur tries to renew maintaining the territory peculiarities, as the construction of an underground modern cellar testifies. This is an aspect that can be found again in the Lugana DOC Zona Franca, on which the knowledge and the will to experiment have led to test a barrique refinement. After having tried Casello Bondoni Lugana DOC Zonafranca we promptly approve the great idea, the result is a golden yellow wine, whom main aromas are dried fruit, honey and a pleasant sapidity. The barrique Lugana refinement doesn’t overshadow the rest of the bouquet but integrates in it instead, moreover it provides, paired with a good acidity, structure and aging potential.

The Valle d’Aosta wines aren’t always rewarded with the space they would deserve, indeed this region too hides enology specialities and denominations that are worth the best awards by the experts of the sector. Gewürztraminer is a wine variety which found a fertile ground in this region: aromatic and shaped for fresh clime, elements that Le Clocher di Charrère Danilo winery has succeed in exalting, creating a wine amazingly balanced and pleasant, GEWÜRZTRAMINER Vallée d’Aoste dop - LE CLOCHER of which we taste the 2013 vintage. The color is the typical yellow one with golden shades, both on the aromatic and tasting sides it shows a really impressive health for being a six years aged white wine without particular refinement process: the aromas of peach, flowers and aromatic herbs typical of the wine variety are well defined by never excessive, at the palate spices and mineral notes prevail, moreover the unaltered acidity, despite the manu years from the bottling, makes the wine still fresh and intense.

When we talk about Sicilian wines one of the first associations that we think of is Nero d’Avola, a vineyard arrived from Greece more than two thousand years ago, finding in the island its ideal habitat. As many of the southern Italy wines at the beginning it wasn’t correctly enhanced, mostly proposed as a blend wine, in the last decades the progressive turn to a qualitative production instead of the quantitative one has highlighted its personal and interesting characteristics, bringing it among the most valuable Sicilian red wines. Perciata - Nero D'avola IGP Terre Siciliane Da Agricoltura Biologica - Az. Agricola Biologica Adamo, is a pure Nero d’Avola endowed with a strictly typical connotation, in this case the refinement in steel ( which requires a more consume compared with the barrique one) exalts the fruity aromas of black cherries, berries, with a pleasant acidity that leans the alcoholic structure typical of the wine variety.

The Chardonnay is one of the most interpreted wine variety throughout the world, a wine spread most of the area of the planet, of which it is possible to find many different versions depending on the ground, the clime, the methods in vineyard and winery. The Sicilian winery Mandrarossa proposes a variant that conciliates the internationality and the island peculiarities, it is a chardonnay more aromatic and fresher than the average, moreover endowed with a great alcoholic structure. The main aromas are floral and citrusy, while at the palate the citrus tastes stand out again sided by a minerality that gives body and persistency for a great balance in the final result.

Starting the week with a pleasant wine can satisfy both your palate and your mood. Today it’s Azienda Agricola Biologica Adamo’s turn, a Sicilian winery, with the Sauvignon Costa dell'Ape - Azienda Agricola Biologica Adamo a pleasant, natural and direct Sicilian Organic wine. The characteristic tomato leaf aroma of the Sauvignon is intense and present without being excessive. Initially floral and peach tastes, while in the finale the typical wine variety taste returns with a good length. Great price performance.

The Super Tuscan are wines born from the union between the Tuscan local wine variety par excellence, the Sangiovese, and the international ones as the Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and manny others. What in the 60s was considered almost an heresy by many people in the filed, that is to say the contamination of the local wine varieties, has proven to be a precious intuition towards innovation. Bolgheri is an area particularly renowned for the production of these blends, as its ground composition reminds of Burgundy, fit for the cultivation of international wine varieties in addition to the Sangiovese itself. It is the Bolgheri DOC denomination itself where the Super Tuscan have decided to reunite, despite the criteria aren’t still well defined, indeed they do not only have to be bland, but also endowed with an important structure. Bolgheri Rosso Felciaino - Az. Agricola Giovanni Chiappini is surely part of this category, a Bolgheri DOC and Super Tuscan wine, a blend of San Giovese 10%, Merlot 40%, Cabernet sauvignon 50%, an high level wine according to the experts too (92 James Suckling points). Red ruby color, at the nose the red fruit and spices notes are clear, at the palate the entrance is soft and lightly sweet, a good velvety tannin that certifies its structure and predisposition to the aging, finally a vanilla note that I’ve rarely find as pleasant at this one.

The South Italy wines, due to the temperatures that swing from temperate to hot all year long, turn out to be particularly intense in the floral and fruity aromas, and the Malvasia reflects that too. Telling the truth it is a wine variety subject to 18 different variations, and for this reason it is able to convey a clear idea of the differences between the terroir. The Malvasia Nera Salento IGP - Notte Rossa is a clear example of this attitude, an intese red ruby at the sight, evident red fruit fragrances, while at the palate it is soft, structured, with a return to the wild berries and a velvety tannin in the finale.