Eretico 2019 - San Donatino

Eretico - San Donatino 

The "Eretico di San Donatino" wine is a Cabernet that stands out for its traditional winemaking process and its complex aromatic profiles. Characterized by a late harvest, often in late October, the wine is produced with particular care, starting from the destemming and pressing of the grapes, up to spontaneous alcoholic fermentation. The maceration on the skins, which lasts about two weeks, gives the wine a remarkable structure and depth. The malolactic fermentations, also natural, take place in the following weeks, ideally in the spring period, contributing to the finesse and complexity of the wine. After approximately 30 months of aging in concrete or steel tanks, the wine has an intense red color and purple hues. From an olfactory point of view, the "Eretico di San Donatino" is characterized by blood scents, accompanied by notes of black spices and balsamic accents. On the palate, we find the balsamic tones again, together with a strong tannicity and a light vegetal note, typical of the Cabernet variety. The sip is smooth and ends with a bitter finish that leaves a pleasant memory, making it an intriguing and complex wine, capable of evolving over time and pairing with rich and structured dishes.

Service

We recommend serving it at a temperature of 16/18 ° in tulip glasses. Daily wine but left a few years in the cellar will give you great emotions.

Pairing

Perfect with hors d'oeuvres starters, with pasta dishes, red meats, excellent with radicchio crepes.

The cellar: San Donatino

Located in Castellina in Chianti, the San Donatino estate was purchased in 1971 by the famous French singer and poet Léo Ferré together with his wife Maria Christine Diaz, who settled there with his whole family. From the very beginning, the Ferré family took care of restoring the vineyards and the 5000 olive trees. Even today the estate is family-run, where everything is followed in the first person with love and experience. The cellar, edited first by Giulio Gambelli and today by Federico Staderini, has a traditional approach: the sign of the territory and the difference of the vintages have absolute prevalence over any form of standardization of wines. fermentations take place spontaneously without using selected yeasts, macerations they are prolonged and the wines remain "sur lie" for several months. The wines base are refined only in steel while the crus age in wood.