Ognostro - Marco Tinessa

Ognostro - Marco Tinessa

Ognostro, from the local dialect Ink, by Marco Tinessa is a red wine of great power and richness that comes to life from red grapes from old vineyards with an average age of 25 years. Fermentation is spontaneous with only indigenous yeasts with long maceration on the skins. Aging in terracotta amphorae for a period ranging from 2 to 3 years depending on the vintage. Each has a ruby ​​red color with purple reflections that tend to garnet with aging. Wide aromas are released on the nose with flavors of red fruit, citrus puffs and spicy hints. On the palate it is fresh, vertical, enveloping with a long finish.

Service

We recommend to taste it to a 16/18 ° temperature in large balloon glasses. The Ognonostro has to be drunk immediately, but will express the best of themselves in a few years. It is advisable to keep it in a horizontal position in a cool cellar, damp and dark.

Pairing

The Ognostro well suited to accompany first courses, second courses, try it with a fillet of grilled beef.

Winery: Marco Tinessa

Marco Tinessa is a young financial wizard who left Montemarano, in the province of Avellino, to emigrate to Milan. But despite living in the capital of Lombardy, has never forgotten that little vineyard  which possesses in the district Torre in Montemarano. Mark decides to produce a pure wine that reflects the essence of the grape and terroir. biological Philosophy in the vineyard with low yields to 50 quintals per hectare for optimal ripening of the grapes. The same care taken in the cellar with spontaneous fermentation exclusively with wild yeasts and aging 2 to 3 years, according to vintage, in terracotta amphorae made in Frank Cornellisen cellars in the heart of Etna. Only 600 bottles produced each year for a wine that has already become a cult.