Vino da Uve stramature Bianco "Ailanto" - Mirko Mariotti

Vino da Uve stramature Bianco "Ailanto" - Mirko Mariotti

"Ailanto" by Mirko Mariotti is a sweet wine that offers aromas ranging from raisins to caramelized fig, with tertiary notes of carob and icing sugar. On the palate it shows good balance despite the prolonged refinement, leaving a pleasant note of sweet almond. Obtained from white grapes that are harvested manually during the first ten days of September. Subsequently, the grapes are dried directly in boxes in the air for approximately 60 days. After destemming, pressing with a pneumatic press follows. The must ferments slowly at cellar temperature until spontaneous interruption. The wine is kept in concrete tanks and periodically decanted. A long refinement in tanks follows for 5 years before bottling.

Service

It is recommended to taste it at a temperature of 10/12° in a tulip glass. A wine to be drunk immediately but left in the cellar for a few years it can give great emotions.

Pairing

Extraordinary on its own, it is perfect as an accompaniment to blue or very mature cheeses. Also excellent on dry pastries and signature chocolate.

Cellar: Mirko Mariotti

Mirko Mariotti's company was one of the first to valorize "sands wines", such as Fortana and Golden Grapes, which grow in the sands of the coasts of Ferrara and have the characteristic of being still on foot. Precious was the work of Daddy Giorgio who was one of the promoters of the birth of the Bosco Eliceo DOC in 1989. In 1998 he decided to vinify the grapes from Proof Luogaccio vineyards, at San Giuseppe di Comacchio, a typical area of ​​Fortuna auto , Locally known as Golden Grape. Today the entire Mariotti family is engaged in the wine world, not only the dad managing the local historian, the "Bottega del vino", but also the mother and especially Mirko with his sister who are doing the work in the vineyard and winemaking of the wine , In the preparation of saba, grape must, sugars and distillates. Mirco and her sister are also sommeliers and wine bloggers, and give advice on the cultivation of vines and wines on their territory. The aim of the company is to produce local wines, respecting the tradition of the wines of Emilia, with particular attention to the "bottle fermentation" anesthesia, which gives the sparkling wines a depth and a capacity for evolution difficult to reach with the other production techniques. The attention of the Mariotti family was born also the project of valorisation of the Ferrarese viticulture called "Terroir Ferrara"