Company : Cantina Tollo Wine region : Abruzzo (Italy) Appellation : Terre di Chieti IGT (IGP) Vegan Type : white, dry, still Variety : Pecorino 100% Alcohol content : 13% Year : 2021 Format: 750 ml
The whole bunches are sent to the pneumatic press and the must is fermented with its indigenous yeasts at a low temperature (12-14 ° C) in stainless steel tanks for about 30 days. The refinement takes place in steel tanks and, subsequently, in the bottle. At tasting it has a straw yellow color. Intense aroma with hints of broom, white pulp fruit, and ethereal. Fresh, intense, savory and full-bodied taste. Excellent to accompany an elaborate seafood cuisine, medium-aged cheeses, structured first courses, white meats.
In our cellar, between the MORrone and MAJella mountains, MORMAJ is born, a still white wine obtained through spontaneous fermentation, not clarified, it is aged in steel tanks.
The vineyards are located at an altitude of about 400 meters and fall within the territory of the Gran Sasso Monti della Laga Park.
This vine was mentioned for the first time by Cato the Censor in the second century BC, who attributed the origin of this kind of grapes to the Greek colonists. The Pecorino grapes seem to derive their name from the fact that the sheep, walking through the vineyards, would have shown several times to like the fruits.
Color: A pale straw yellow, characterized by a particular luminosity. Smell: You are greeted by an impactful intensity, centered on scents of wild flowers, ripe fruit, a delicate spiciness, as well as an irrepressible and persistent herbaceous note. Taste: It is intense, characterized by an overbearing acid shoulder, refined by the right balance between delicate softness and warmth. You are greeted by hints of yellow-fleshed peach, apple, pear, in a habitat of pungent minerality, with an enthralling lime finish.
The vineyards are located at an altitude of about 400 meters and fall within the territory of the Gran Sasso Monti della Laga Park.
Grandfather's wine, fermented in wooden vats in contact with the skins with manual fulling.