Toscana IGT Ciliegiolo “Vallerana Alta” 2020 - Antonio Camillo

Tuscana IGT Ciliegiolo "Vallerana Alta" - Antonio Camillo

Red wine made from pure Ciliegiolo grapes that come from old vines with an average age of 60 years. The harvest of the grapes is manual, and in the cellar it ferments in cement with 30 days. maceration on the skins. It is refined in big 20 hl barrels and 5 hl tonneau for one year. The Ciliegiolo Vallerata Alta is ruby ​​red in color. On the nose, the scents are reminiscent of red berry fruit, such as plum and cherry, with earthy, humus and spicy notes. On the palate it is elegant, fresh, with thick and soft tannins, and a long and slightly savory finish.    

Service

We taste the Vallerana Alta at a temperature around 16/18 °. It is recommended to serve it in tulip glasses. Wine to be drunk immediately but left to rest in the cellar a few years will reserve some beautiful surprises.

Pairing

Excellent with an appetizer of cold cuts, tasty pasta dishes, grilled meats, to try with a bean soup.

Cellar: Antonio Camillo

Antonio Camillo represents the Ciliegiolo in Maremma. Antonio has an oenological and wine experience of Maremma with few equal. Having worked with the largest and most famous companies in the Maremma wine landscape, becoming also the right arm of Giampaolo Paglia, the owner of Poggio Argentiera. In 2006, after years of searching for the soil suitable for breeding Ciliegiolo, finally finds them and begins to produce their wines, with the aim of nobilitating them and paying homage to the Maremma land. The grapes come from ancient vineyards, such as the beautiful 60-year-old Valerana's tall old vineyard. Today, the cultivated hectares have grown to 12 in different areas of Maremma, and beside the vineyards of Ciliegiolo we find also Sangiovese, Canaiolo, Grenache, Vermentino, Trebbiano, Malvasia, Ansonica and Procanico, but all cultivated with traditional methods and using only natural products . In the cellar it tries to intervene as little as possible with the oenological operations and the refinements are carried out in large concrete containers or bins. The Ciliegiolo di Camillo is gorgeous, original, and in the sip we can find the love of a man for his land.