Le Coste Litrozzo, Le Primeur - Terpin Quinto Quarto Bianco

This is a little post about smashable Vini Naturali, Glou Glou wines from Italy: 
Le Coste was born in February 2004 from Gianmarco and Clementine, the owner of three hectares of abandoned land known as "Le Coste." 
The farm is located in the town of Gradoli, near Lake Bolsena on the border between Lazio and Umbria. Here the soils are from volcanic origin rich in iron and minerals that make the wines very fragrant. They produce wines deriving from organic agriculture in synergy with nature and the surrounding landscape. Today Le Coste covers an area of about 14 hectares, 3 of them dedicates to vines planted by Gianmarco and Clementine, 4 hectares of very old vineyards, 4 of olive trees, and 3 of woods and Mediterranean scrub, wild chestnut trees, oaks secular trees and elms. In the cellar which is encaved underground, they do not use any new oak and the process of vinification is carried out with natural fermentation and time. 

Litrozzo is a nickname for liter; Procanico and Malvasia grapes; 2019 is gold intense color and easy drinking with nice phenolic tannin perception aroma of Meyer Lemon, stony juicy peach with crunchy acidity; nice vertical palate and lots of energy, beautiful low alcohol below 11% make this wine very summery and versatile with lots of type of cuisine and also on his own chatting around a table on your garden with mates. 


The red Litrozzo from 2019 comes from a short maceration of Sangiovese, Ciliegiolo, and touch of Merlot. This is a dry savory red wine, with black cherry, raspberry, and all the little forest fruit you find at the farmers market on your Sunday. Palate super fresh, clean with an exuberant amount of energy. A chilled red for your mortadella and gruyere sourdough roll. 

2018 Le Primeur Aleatico; the wines are vinified in an ancient underground cellar. Le Primeur is made with the Aleatico vines situated in these ancient volcanic soil.  15 days of Carbonic maceration, the final fermentation is concluded in Slavonian oak for one month. Than aging for less than a year in barrel. A red fruit nose as cherry and wild strawberry juicy and super fresh. All these wines from Le Coste was open for lunch and until the end of dinner time, they were in great shape and drinkability, when people said no SO2 wines can be open for too long they are so wrong. Give it a try, lists in your by the glass program, or open one bottle in your fridge and drink in the next few days. A truly good Natural Wine or Vin Nature, from one of the fathers of natural wine of Italy. Gianmarco Antonuzzi. 

Next wine from Fiuli Venezia Giulia in Collio denomination 
Franco Terpin's cellar is located in San Floriano del Collio, in the province of Gorizia, a few steps from the Slovenian border. Franco comes from a family of farmers who has always been dedicated to viticulture. Starting from the early 90s he decides to change the direction of the family winery and make his own wines; the philosophy is focused on quality. The vineyards are born on Monte Calvario di S. Floriano, where the Stamas cru is also located. 10 hectares are cultivated with different grape varieties: Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Ribolla Gialla, Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon, and Friulano the banned Tokaj (renamed Jakot upside down). The vineyards grow on the karstic soil of the "Ponka", rich in minerals and composed of marl and sandstone. Fermentation is catalyzed by exclusively indigenous yeasts. The wines are the product of long macerations and an equally prolonged period of aging in wooden barrels. In Franco Terpin's agriculture, only a wise use of low doses of copper and sulfur is used no other type of chemical are used. Quinto Quarto is the line more accessible in terms of time in contact with the skin. The wines are not clarified or filtered. They are worked with traditional methods and in full respect of nature. 
2018 Quinto Quarto Bianco coming from a single vineyard in the Monte Calvario at 150m above sea level planted on a soil locally called “Ponka” originally part of the Eocene sea bed. Spontaneous fermentation, about a week skin contact, and aged for 8 months in stainless steel. The wine shows some cloudiness but the color is vivid and alive. Phenolic sweetness and brightness.
Your seafood is perfect with this wine. This part of Italy bordering with Slovenia especially in the Collio and Carso denomination is the home for Orange wines in Europe all done in Natural farming and very carefully low yields, and high-density planting. Another place to drink and choose your "Natural wine" "Vin Nature" for your personal cellar.  

Best
raffaele mastrovincenzo

Blog 
--------------------------------------
wine / spirit / lambic / drinker
Melbourne 
Abruzzo  

Comments

Post a Comment

A drinker

Chablis Climats and Lieux-dit

Image
Climat: from the Greek Klima via the Latin Cliamtis.  Precisely delimited plots of land which benefit from specific geological and climate conditions...  Lieux-dits a designated area of land with a historical particularity from a topographical point of view of an ancient story... These two terms in wine always as an interchange used; however, you can find several Lieux-dits within a single Climat... Chablis is a really good example of how these two concepts work together.   See the map above and you can see how many Lieux-Dit compose a climat, in this case, 1er Cru. For example Montmains 1er Cru, a famous block of vineyard on the left bank of the Serein river at the bottom holds two famous Lieux-dit called Forets and Butteaux; according to the INAO, this can be a label on his own or as Montmains 1er Cru.  Vaillons 1er Cru got several different names, those are: Sechet, Les Lys, Les Epinottes, Ronciers, Mellinots, Beugnons and Chatains....
Podcast

Brunello based on a map….

Image
Brunello di Montalcino is one of the most famous and prestigious italian wine. All Brunello di Montalcino wine is made exclusive from Sangiovese grapes grown on the slopes around Montalcino a classic Tuscan hilltop village 30 km south of Siena. The world Brunello translates roughly as "Little dark one", and is the local vernacular name for Sangiovese grosso, the large-berries form of Sangiovese which grows in the area. The climate in the production zone is Mediterranean. On the lower slopes the soil is clayey marl, higher up a combination of limestone and marl with some tufaceous volcanic stone. The best soil are "galestro albarese" clay with carbonate of lime and friable rock. The harvest go between the latter part of September and the middle of October. Subdistrict of the Brunello zone Brunello production zone can be divided into three district. The first district takes in the area north and to the east of the town of Montalcino, including the town of Tor...
Podcast

Cahors Simon Busser - Corbières Maziere Fabrice Monnin

Image
SIMON BUSSER from the village in Prayssac, in the AOC Cahors: Cahors is a small town in southwestern France, located 160km to the east of Bordeaux. The climate here is subject to multiple influences; from the Atlantic coast which bring a continental climate, and the Mediterranean from the south which gives a maritime influence. We can divide the AOC into two different terroirs the "Causses" based limestone plateau that produces more tannic, mineral lived wines. The other vineyards profile is the one that influenced by the river Lot with a more gravelly slope which makes more approachable wines on the fruity spectrum profile.  Cahors is home of Malbec, Bordeaux grapes mainly Merlot, and also a small amount of Tannat more present in the neighborhood Madiran AOC.  Simon Busser has been training with Olivier Cousin in the Loire. He returns to his village Prayssac and start to looking after his father’s vineyards. He works his small vineyard with a horse, as Cousin taugh...
Podcast