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Red Bottle overall rating:
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Very ripe and creamy, with tropical fruit
flavors. Best served at a temperature of 14-18°C
with white meats, fish, appetizers, medium
aged cheese. |
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Sauvignon Blanc wines (10% in this wine) have
noticeable acidity and a grassy, herbaceous aroma
and flavor. They are crisp, flavorful wines.
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Picture
on top: TIZIANO (TITIAN)
Danae - 1544 - Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte,
Naples |
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A
bit of history:
TITIAN (TIZIANO Vecelli)
(1490 - 1576) |
It
is clear that a work such as this Danae could never
have been fully appreciated in the artistic climate
of contemporary Rome. Indeed, Vasari recounts how
the great Michelangelo went to pay his respects
to Titian in his rooms and, having seen the Danae,
praised its "colouring and style". On
leaving the painter's house, however, Michelangelo
could not resist adding that "it was a shame
that in Venice they did not learn to draw well from
the beginning and that those painters did not pursue
their studies with more method."
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Titian is considered to have been the greatest 16th-century
Venetian painter, and the shaper of the Venetian
coloristic and painterly tradition. He is one of
the key figures in the history of Western art. Titian,
whose name in Italian is Tiziano Vecellio, was born
in Pieve di Cadore, north of Venice, by his own
account in 1477; many modern scholars prefer to
advance the date to about 1487. In Venice, he studied
with Gentile Bellini and then with Giovanni Bellini,
but only the latter left a lasting imprint on his
style.
Titian's most important innovations in the years
from 1530 to 1550 were made in portraiture. In 1516
he had been named official painter to the Venetian
state; thereafter he worked at the courts of Ferrara
and Mantua. In the 1530s and ‘40s he traveled
to Bologna to paint the Emperor Charles V and Pope
Paul III, and at the pope's behest he visited Rome
and met Michelangelo. He joined the court of Charles
V at Augsburg, Germany, in 1548 and 1550. As a result
of this connection, he obtained a multitude of portrait
commissions.
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Aristocratic impersonality and restrained opulence,
as in the portrait of Federigo Gonzaga (circa 1526,
Prado), became the dominant tone. The neutral atmospheric
backgrounds of the earlier portraits might be replaced
by cannily disposed elements of setting, such as
a column, a curtain, or a view into landscape. These
elements, and the patterns in which Titian arranged
them, remained staples of formal portraiture into
the 20th century. In general, these court portraits
are images of command rather than explorations of
personality. In some portraits of the 1540s, however,
such as Pietro Aretino (Frick Collection, New York)
or Pope Paul III (1543, Capodimonte Museum, Naples),
Titian used his unsurpassed skills as a visual dramatist
to compel the viewer's participation in the sitter's
inner life.
Titian died in Venice on August 27, 1576. His work,
which permanently affected the course of European
painting, provided an alternative, of equal power
and attractiveness, to the linear and sculptural
Florentine tradition championed by Michelangelo
and Raphael; this alternative, eagerly taken up
by Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velázquez, Rembrandt,
Eugène Delacroix, and the impressionists,
is still vital today. In its own right, moreover,
Titian's work often attains the very highest reach
of human achievement in the visual arts. |
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The 'Cuvèe
Sant'Anna' vineyard which produces this wine
is located on top of a hill 640 mt high, which dominates
both Siena and Arezzo towns, which can be seen in
the distance. The high altitude allows a perfect maturation
which is reached in late September. The cultivation
is strictly organic, with a low production obtained
through a careful pruning and elimination of excess
grape. The manual selection of the bounches provides
a really perfect raw material for the successive fermentation.
Chardonnay is fermented directly in the French barriques
with part of the sauvignon blanc. The remaining sauvingon
blanc is fermented in steel vessel. The must fermented
in the small oaks is submitted a battonage for 8-9
months. After this period the wines are assembled
and bottled, for an
ageing in bottle that lasts at least 9 more months.
This delicate wine has intense tropical fruits aromas,
especially pineapple and banana, with vanilla reminds.
The yellow golden colour and full body complete the
characteristics of this round, soft and extremely
pleasant wine.
| Region: |
TUSCANY
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| Label: |
CUVÈE SANT'ANNA
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| Winery: |
Fattoria Marengo Emilio
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| Alcoholic vol.: |
13,5%
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| Residual
sugar: |
XXX g/l
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| Acids: |
6.80 g/l (tartaric)
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| Grape varieties: |
Chardonnay (90%), Sauvignon
Blanc (10%)
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| Production: |
2700 bottles
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| Aging: |
8/9 months in barrique (with
battonage), 9 months in bottle.
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| Bottle: |
750 ml bottle
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| Packing: |
6 bottles
box - cilyndrical bottle
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| Code: |
RBMA05
- 1 x 750 ml bottle
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Loris
says: |
Exotic
and well made...
A real mouthful of Chardonnay that's
amazingly long and concentrated on the finish. I
feel banana and vanilla notes. An excellent white
well made and with its own style.
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Marco
says: |
It
carries a creamy texture...
Enormously complex, rich and elegant,
with exotic fruit, banana and pineapple scents,
bold and concentrated, long and delicious. Elegant
and sophisticated with a creamy texture. |
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you know?... |
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Tips
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Bouquet:
The various fragrances
noted by smell, created by the development of wine
from the fermentation and aging process, whether
in barrel or bottle.
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Grape
varieties:
CHARDONNAY
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Just as cabernet sauvignon has become the most popular
high-quality red-wine grape, Chardonnay has taken
the lead for first-class white-wine grapes-and with
even greater ardor. Although some argue that the
riesling grape produces the finest white wines,
it's Chardonnay that is being extensively planted
throughout the world. In addition to being highly
prized, Chardonnay is easy to grow and quite versatile.
It's high in extract and, unless picked late, has
good acid levels. The wide range of growing soils,
as well as the winemaker's influence, produces a
diverse spectrum of Chardonnay wines with varying
characteristics. Their flavors can be described
as buttery, creamy, nutty, smoky, and steely; popular
fruit descriptors include appley, lemon, melon,
and pineapple. |
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