Colle Gioie. Cesanese 'Col le Radici' Vintage:2023

Colle Gioie. Cesanese 'Col le Radici' Vintage:2023Cesanese del Piglio DOCG Grape Cesanese Deep, sapid damson and cherry fruit, laced with pepper and cinnamon. A vigorous and Moorish wine. 14% Colle Gioie producer page 2023 was a strange year, there were 60% less grapes than usual thanks to Peronospora (a mildew) that proved neigh impossible to eradicate. The quality however was excellent; in 2023 no Pied de Cuve was needed to kick start the fermentation; it was off like a train the second the grapes

Matt Gregory The English Winemaker

The early harvest goes through malolactic fermentation

The vintage is a classic which balances floral flavours with rich fruit

honeyed elixir

The grapes reach full maturity in the middle of September

Pecorino would have been a part of the Trebbiano d’Abruzzo flock

and the grapes must be hand-picked

Amarone made from overly ripe fruit loses its freshness and tastes sweeter

2018 Enticing aromas of leather

The wine is fermented using inoculated yeasts in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 28ºC for two weeks

orange peel and floral nuance

broken by limestone and sulphur stones