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Red Bottle overall rating:
3/7 |
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The Alfeno Rosso is a exciting experience.
Rich and full bodied with great cherry flavors.
Very drinkable, a real pleasure on your table. |
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Intensive
and convincing fruitiness. A good structure, well
balanced and a full body.
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Picture
on top: PIAZZETTA, Giovanni Battista
St James Brought to Martyrdom - 1722/23 -
San Stae, Venice |
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A
bit of history:
PIAZZETTA, Giovanni Battista
(1683 - 1754) |
"In
the choir of the Baroque church San Stae there are
twelve paintings of identical format and similar
subjects executed by excellent artists of the beginning
of 18th century. This 'collective exhibition' fortunately
remained intact and gives an outline of Venetian
painting of the period. Piazzetta's painting belongs
to this series."
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Venetian painter, son of a woodcarver, who studied
under Giuseppe Maria Crespi in Bologna and was probably
influenced by him to take up genre subjects. He
settled in Venice by 1711, and after his death his
family petitioned the State for a pension, claiming
that his 'constant studies and his pursuit of glory
rather than gain had reduced him to poverty and
hastened his death'.
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He made many drawings for collectors and as book-illustrations
in order to support his family; his work was much
influenced by Rembrandt's etchings and his paintings
evolve from Baroque contrasts of chiaroscuro towards
a freer and more fluid Rococo handling. Piazzetta's
influence on the young Tiepolo was very great and
it was Tiepolo who completed the transition to the
Rococo. Most of his paintings are in Venice, including
his only ceiling decoration, the Glory of S. Dominic,
painted before 1727 (SS. Giovanni e Paolo).
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"Alfeno Rosso"
is made of red grapes with a 70% of Sangiovese, a
20% of Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% of Ciliegiolo grapes.
The temperatures during the process of fermentation
are carefully controlled and the wine after decanting
will stay in insultated steel vats until spring time
after the vintage, to be bottled afterwards.
| Region: |
TUSCANY
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| Label: |
ALFENO ROSSO TOSCANO
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| Winery: |
Perazzeta
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| Alcoholic vol.: |
13%
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| Residual
sugar: |
1,5 g/l
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| Acids: |
5,50 g/l (tartaric)
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| Grape varieties: |
70% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet
Sauvignon, 10% Ciliegiolo
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| Production: |
12000 bottles
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| Aging: |
6 months in stainless steel
vats, 3 months in bottle
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| Bottle: |
750 ml bottle
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| Packing: |
6 bottle
box - cilyndrical bottle.
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| Code: |
RBPE03
- 1 x 750 ml bottle
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Loris
says: |
DOC
with excellence...
Very drinkable, this was a well-balanced,
full-bodied wine that finished with some tannins
and pleasant red fruit and touches of earth. |
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Marco
says: |
A
youthful, vigorous wine...
Mature black cherry and plum aromas,
with cedar and tobacco. Medium- to full-bodied,
with mature fruit flavors; moderately long finish
with an earthy endnote. |
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Did
you know?... |
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A
bit of history:
MONTECUCCO WINES
(Find more on our web site...) |
Montecucco
D.O.C. covers the territories of a number of municipalities
in the province of Grosseto.
Seen from a bird's-eye view,
it looks as if Montecucco vineyards were laying
siege from the south to the area where the celebrated
Brunello di Montalcino is produced.
This vicinity has had a positive effect on the development
of winemaking traditions and techniques in the Montecucco
area. In the past few years, the production techniques
here have constantly improved thanks to the introduction
of the Montecucco D.O.C. appellation.
The result is a number of fine wines, especially
reds, that have managed to win the hearts of connoisseurs.
The D.O.C. regulations here reflect the attitude
of Montecucco winegrowers: they are very strict
and put great weight on the use of traditional grape
varieties and vinification methods, allowing no
room for trendy experimentations and shortcuts of
sorts.
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