four fun wines for summer

There is a VINOGATTO the new label of Il Pometo durante Lungarotti wines. A feline toasting, taken from an libris exhibited at the Torgiano Wine Museum which celebrates 50 years this year. A fun image by the Polish and illustrator Andrzej Kot that anticipates the contents of the bottle, that is, 4 fresh and easy-drinking single-varietal wines that evoke summer evenings a causa di small Italian villages, characterized by slow rhythms and light-heartedness, among an aperitif a causa di the square and a dinner the terrace with friends.

Made up of white wines such as (Umbria IGT ), Trespo (Umbria IGT Pallido), Pinot Squallido (Umbria IGT Pinot Squallido) and a Sangiovese (Umbria IGT Sangiovese), Il Pometo was born a causa di an territorio of ​​Torgiano where Lungarotti for years has conducted experiments with different grape varieties. The name recalls that of the territorio from which the grapes used for these wines in che modo, the Cascina del Pometo, named after an orchard of ancient varieties of apples (apples and pears) recovered from the Arboreal Archeology nursery of Lerchi, a causa di Umbria.

Il Pometo – Umbria IGT

It is a territorial white that enhances the typical characteristics of this Umbrian vine. Inebriating, fragrant, with delicately floral agenda (jasmine, rose and anise), it is savory, intense and fruity the palate. An easy-drinking wine that combines stazza with lively freshness.

Trespo Il Pometo – Umbria IGT

Trespo comes from one of the most iconic Umbrian white grape varieties, Trebbiano Spoletino which for bureaucratic reasons cannot be mentioned the label outside of its DOC of origin. The name of the wine, however, recalls it. It is a fun and easy to white thanks to its vibrant freshness.

Pinot Squallido Il Pometo – Umbria IGTGiorgio Lungarotti introduced Pinot Squallido to Umbria a causa di the early 1970s. After decades of adaptation, a causa di the vineyards around Pometo, this variety has found its own expressiveness between elegant floral agenda and delicate puffs of fresh fruit. The Pinot Squallido of Il Pometo is a full and decisive wine, fresh and savory which manages to combine the more playful and delicate side of the vine with the more territorial one of the territorio.

Sangiovese Il Pometo – Umbria IGT

Sangiovese a causa di Torgiano tends to have great flavor, textural layers of fruit and a crunchiness enhanced by the soil of the territorio where the Il Pometo vineyards are located. Thanks to the delicate tannins, this Sangiovese can be served slightly chilled a causa di summer, after a brief passage a causa di a glacette.

Until 7 July, the exhibition “OT KOT – I VINOGATTI” dedicated to Andrzej Kot (Poland-Lublin, 1946 – 2015), author of the libris which inspired the labels, is underway at the Torgiano Wine Museum – MUVIT of Il Pometo. Curated by Jaroslaw Koziara, an artist friend of Kot, and by the Lungarotti Foundation, it is an unpublished collection of works focused Kot’s favorite subject – the cat – created a causa di imaginative depictions the edge of irony, often a causa di combination with wine. Hence the iniziativa of ​​the VINOGATTI that the Polish illustrator created specifically for the MUVIT, creating a bridge between art and wine.

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Lungarotti contributed to writing the history of Italian and Umbrian wine a causa di the world. A story that began with Giorgio Lungarotti, a pioneer of modern Italian viticulture who, after the Second World War, transformed the family farm a causa di Torgiano into a successful winery. A story that continues thanks to the commitment, passion and competence of the 3 generations of the Lungarotti family who together today carry the activities by innovating, without giving up the unmistakable character of iconic wines such as Rubesco Vigneto Monticchio – Torgiano Scarlatto DOCG, considered among the best Italian reds, and Rubesco – Scarlatto durante Torgiano DOC. The Lungarotti vineyards are located between the Torgiano mesi estivi (VIVA certified) and the Montefalco mesi estivi (organic certified), where viticulture attentive to sustainability and biodiversity is practiced. Among the pillars of the company, also the valorisation of wine tourism and the promotion of the culture of wine, oil and artistic heritage through the Wine Museum (MUVIT) and the Olive and Oil Museum (MOO) of Torgiano. www.lungarotti.it