Deep purple color. In addition to the violet aroma from Sangiovese, the Merlot has a sweet fragrance like blackberry and black cherry. Dry and soft style in the mouth. The pleasant flavor of ripe blackberry spreads for a long time. The tannins of Sangiovese are wrapped in the softness of Merlot. It goes well with not only red meat but also white meat and aged cheese. It has the potential to age for about 10 years. Alluvial deposits. Cordone Speronato/Guyot. 35 years old vines (Sangiovese). The wine is aged for 8 to 10 months in 300L and 500L medium toasted French oak barrels. Once the blend has settled, it is stored in concrete tanks. Lightly filtered before bottling. After bottling, it is aged for another 6 months before being shipped. A typical Tuscan style blended with about 80% Sangiovese. Merlot and other varieties may be added as auxiliary varieties. Giusti e Zanza is a winery that is exploring the possibilities of new Tuscan wines in a completely new region, competing with existing famous wineries such as Chianti, Montalcino, and Bolgheri. Fauglia, located in the northwest of Tuscany, close to 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 purchased an old winery with a 35-hectare site. The winery is run by three people: former architect and owner Paolo Giusti, Monica Massoni who has been helping Paolo for about 10 years, and enologist Paola Carella who joined in 2009. They make wine while always facing the fields and grapes.
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)