Pinot Nero 2015 - Voltumna

Pinot Nero - Voltumna

Pinot Noir from Voltumna is a gastronomic and structured red wine which is vinified in steel and aged for 18 months in second and third passage oak barriques. It has a transparent ruby ​​red color. The nose perceives notes of wild fruit, spicy and balsamic aromas. Clean, rich and satisfying sip with a crescendo finish that calls the second glass.

Service

We taste it at a temperature of 16/18 ° in ballon glass. Wine to drink immediately. It is advisable to keep it in a horizontal position in a cool, damp and dark cellar.

Pairings

Wine that is excellent as an aperitif, with salami appetizers, to try with a baked pasta.

Cellar: Voltumna

Voltumna is an agricultural cooperative based in the Florentine province of Mugello Valdisieve. on the Tuscan Apennines, where the soil is purely clayey The cooperative manages a few hectares of Sangiovese and two small plots of pinot noir in the middle of the wood, producing wines that are still, good and cheap. In 2012 they took over the reins of the cooperative Marzio Politi and his wife who were already working inside it. First of all they decide to give it the name "Voltuman" as the Etruscan divinity of the earth and the soil, protector of the wine, from whose name derives the word "fortune". Later, helped by Michele Lorenzetti di Macea, they decided to cultivate the vines in a biodynamic regime, in total respect of nature and its places, following the rhythms of nature. In the cellar spontaneous vinification in steel without temperature control, malolactic in wood, aging in barriques of various stages inherited from neighboring companies but in the process of replacement with larger barrels, no filtration or clarification before bottling. The production is very limited; for now on the 10 thousand total bottles, among which Marcello on yeasts are distinguished, a sparkling wine produced from Sangiovese and Pinot Nero grapes, and the Pinot Grigio produced with a long maceration on the skins.