Nobile Vigna d'Alfiero 2010 - 14% vol. Valdipiatta Winery

Description: 
Vigna d'Alfiero comes from the Sangiovese grapes from one of our historic vineyards planted in the late 1960s by the first factor and figurehead of the Valdipiatta Estate, Alfiero Carpini. Produced only in the best vintages, Vigna d'Alfiero combines the richness, elegance and finesse of Sangiovese with the strong character imprinted by the estate's terroir. 

Grape variety: 
Sangiovese - Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG 

Production area: 
Municipality of Montepulciano - Vigna d'Alfiero 

Vinification: 
Vinification in steel tanks at controlled temperature between 24 and 28°C. Maceration on the skins for 20 - 25 days. Daily pumping over and délestage at the beginning and middle of fermentation. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in temperature-controlled steel tanks. After an ageing period of 15 - 18 months in 500 l French oak tonneaux and/or in 30 hl Slavonian oak casks, the wine is left to refine in the bottle for a further 6 - 12 months. 

Food pairing: 
Structured and important dishes such as pasta with game, mushroom or truffle sauces, grilled and stewed red meats, baked or stewed game, roasts and mature cheeses. 

Serving temperature: 
16 - 18°C. 

Ageing potential: 
more than 10 years. 

Bottle size: 
750 ml - 75 cl - 0,75 lt. 

Allergens: 
wine can contain sulphites. 

Producer: 
Valdipiatta Winery 
Tenuta Valdipiatta is an estate vineyard and winery in south-eastern Tuscany, in the heart of Italy’s Vino Nobile di Montepulciano region. Montepulciano has over 2,500 years of wine-growing history. Its red wines are made from Italy’s signature red wine grape, the Sangiovese, or ‘Prugnolo’ as locals call it here. Valdipiatta has always been family owned. It was founded in the 1960's by the original owner and subsequently acquired at the end of the 1980's by Giulio Caporali, who fulfilled his dream of living in one of Tuscany's most beautifully preserved, rural environments while making his own wine. In 2002 Giulio handed the running of Valdipiatta over to his daughter Miriam. Miriam was well prepared, having studied business in Rome and winemaking in Bordeaux. "What I learnt there was that smooth-tasting wines with unique and interesting flavours could only be made with environmentally respectful grape-growing and sensitive winemaking", Miriam says. 

Tenuta Valdipiatta 
Via della Ciarliana 25 A 
IT - 53040 Montepulciano (SI) 
info@valdipiatta.it 
www.valdipiatta.it