The color is deep purple. The aroma has hints of Marasca cherries and Mammola (violet flowers). It has a dry and mellow taste. It has a low tannin content and a long finish. It is recommended as an aperitif, pasta, or grilled white or red meat. The vines are 10 to 25 years old. The planting rate is 7,000 to 10,000 bottles per hectare. The wine is aged for 6 to 8 months in 300L and 500L medium-toasted French oak barrels. Once the wine is ready, it is stored in concrete tanks. It is lightly filtered before bottling. After bottling, it is aged for another 6 months before being shipped. The blend ratio may change slightly depending on the vintage. The main variety is Syrah at about 60%, with Merlot, Sangiovese, and a small amount of Alicante blended in. 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)