Macchiarossa 2017 - Claudio Cipressi

"Macchiarossa" - Claudio Cipressi

Macchiarossa by Claudio Cipressi is a red wine that on the nose releases intense hints of dark spices and balsamic whiffs. In the mouth it enters warm, soft and coherent, with strong spicy hints. Obtained with Tintilia grapes, a vine that Claudio Cipressi contributed to rediscover and enhance. After the manual harvest, first half of October, fermentation takes place with maceration on the skins for at least 10/12 days. This is followed by refinement in steel for 24 months and in bottle for 6 months before marketing.

Service

We taste it at a 16/18 ° temperature in tulip goblets. Daily wine but left a few years in the cellar will give great emotions.

Pairings

The Macchiarossa accompanies first courses, risottos, seconds of meat to try with an uncle duck in the oven.

Cellar: Claudio Cipressi

The cellar of Claudio Cipressi is located in San Felice del Molise, in the province of Campobasso, 500 meters far from the molisano appennine hills. Family business, was founded in the 1930s by his grandfather Antonio. Claudius has to rediscover an autochthonous red berry in the area and is almost lost; The Tintillia, where today the company Cipressi cultivates almost 30% of the entire region. Along with the enthusiasm that distinguishes him, Claudio cultivates 16 hectares of vineyards reared with Tintillia, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, Trebbiano d'Abruzzo and Falanghina, which give rise to 7 labels; 4 with only Tintillia including the top of the company, "Il Macchiarossa", a Tintilia and Montepulciano blend, a Montepulciano purity, and finally 2 wines produced with Falanghina and Trebbiano. During the grape harvest, Claudio makes a manic selection of the grapes, and in the cellar it only resorts to traditional vinification and to careful use of refinements in wooden barrels to cover the fruit of the wine. A hard and challenging job is what Claudio does for a constant improvement of his wines.