Dry with freshness and complexity. The aroma has nuances of white flowers, wild roses, and acacia. In the mouth, you can feel the fresh fruitiness of apples and tropical fruits. The long aftertaste, supported by pleasant acidity and minerals, continues pleasantly. It goes well with aperitifs, seafood pasta, and fresh cheese. Aged for 2-3 months in medium-toasted 300L French oak. Also batonnage. Lightly clarified, filtered, and bottled. Shipped after 4 months of aging. Giusti e Zanza is a cantina that is exploring the possibilities of new Tuscan wine in a completely new region to compete with existing famous regions such as Chianti, Montalcino, and Bolgheri. Fauglia, located in the northwest of Tuscany, near Livorno and Pisa, is located on the left bank of the Arno River and has a climate similar to that of Bordeaux's Médoc. In 1995, Paolo Giusti bought this old cantina with a 35-hectare site. The winemaking process is carried out by three people: the owner Paolo Giusti, a former architect; Monica Massoni, who has been helping Paolo for about 10 years; and enologist Paola Carella, who joined in 2009. The three of them work closely with the vineyards and grapes to make wine.
Currently, grapes are cultivated on 17 hectares, and all fully ripe grapes are harvested by hand. The soil is a mixture of sand, limestone, and clay, and the outstanding drainage is the key point for this cantina to produce high quality wine. Fermentation is carried out in cement tanks that are not temperature-controlled in order to maintain natural conditions, and is carried out for 18 to 21 days. In addition, the grape seeds are removed during fermentation to reduce the bitterness of the wine, and other unique ingenuity is used. Most of the aging is done in barrels from France. Currently, the wines are featured on the wine lists of many top restaurants and have been highly praised by various wine journalists and wine magazines. Dulcamara, Belcore, Nemorino, and Adine are named after the central characters in Gaetano Donizetti's opera "The Elixir of Love." The wine labels were designed by the late Ettore Sottsass, a master of Italian industrial design.
The 2015 vintage was certified organic.
(Except NemorinoBianco, EU organic certified, SuoloeSalute)