Puntabella is not just the brand-new label signed by Arnaldo Caprai, the very first rosé that the Umbrian winery, sign of the renewal of Sagrantino, has actually chosen to produce on the coasts of Lake Trasimeno. Puntabella is likewise a brand-new piece of the mosaic that Marco Caprai has actually been assembling for several years for the valorization of Umbria’s red wine heritage, even outside the Montefalco location.
After the Classic Technique Brut Arnaldo Caprai, produced with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes in the vineyards of Gubbio, today sees the light of day this rosé from Sangiovese (60%) and Grenache (40%) grapes, likewise referred to as Trasimeno Gamay, even if it is not Gamay.
According to numerous, Grenache is a black grape range presented in Italy as early as 1400 ADVERTISEMENT, specifically in Sardinia, under the impact of the Spanish. It is stated that it got here and cultivated in the Trasimeno location at the start of the seventeenth century thanks to Eleonora Alarcòn y Mendozza, child of Isabella de Mendozza and Ferdinando Pietro, Marquis of Rende, and informed at the court of the viceroy of Naples Juan Alonso Pimentel de Herrera, in addition to better half of Fulvio II Alessandro della Corgna, marquis of Castiglione del Lago (PG): Duchess Eleonora would have brought some Spanish Grenache cuttings as a dowry to Trasimeno as a sign of best of luck.
Constantly planted as a sapling, Grenache was called “French Vineyard” by older generations, incorrectly connecting it to the vine utilized for Beaujolais instead of properly placing it as a vine of the Grenache household, a mistake that still continues to continue today, staying cataloged as clone “091 Gamay”.
The Grenache district in Umbria is a small production district from which a remarkable item is born: it is here that a person of the undeniable standard-bearers of the red wine history of the green heart of Italy, the Arnaldo Caprai winery, chose to enliven Puntabella, a Colli rosé of Trasimeno DOC with a French analysis, however with a remarkably Umbrian character.
Aged for 3 months in steel and 3 months in the bottle, it is a jaunty however clear and accurate red wine, where the rose and the powder are drunk with a bewitching and sensuous taste and skill.
In information, to the eye it appears pale pink with reflections that remember the special of increased petals, however likewise of the sundown that can be taken pleasure in from Puntabella, among the most expressive breathtaking points of Lake Trasimeno.
On the nose it exposes a fruity and flower arrangement, controlled by notes of little red fruits and pomegranate, white pulp peach, accompanied by flower subtleties of rose, wild flowers and fragile grainy notes.
On the taste buds it is fresh and well balanced, with an enjoyable level of acidity and subtle minerality which provides structure and determination to the red wine. Covering with a happily mouthwatering surface, the release year is 2023 and 7 thousand systems were produced. It ought to be served cooled, at a temperature level of 8 ° C, and the suggested market price in red wine stores is around 15 euros.
AZIENDA AGRICOLA ARNALDO CAPRAI IN SUMMARY
Couple of other wineries in Italy and on the planet are right away determined simply by pointing out the name of the denomination to which they belong, like Arnaldo Caprai, itself a sign of Sagrantino di Montefalco. A distinct truth, associated with Italian quality, efficient in producing white wines unusual in regards to depth, sophistication and durability: not just reds, however likewise whites. The credit for this experience that started at the end of the Seventies goes to Marco Caprai, Arnaldo’s boy. In truth, it was he, more than anybody else, who thought in the richness of Sagrantino, reinterpreting it in a contemporary secret, through the most ingenious production and company management techniques, which permitted him to win the favor of the general public and critics all over the world. the world. Not least the whites: the Grecante Arnaldo Caprai, 100% Grechetto, handled to dominate the Top100 of White Wine Viewer.
A big business, Arnaldo Caprai, which has a green soul, thinking about problems associating with sustainability, defense and securing the environment to be essential. The observation point constantly stays the very same: attempting to act in consistency with natural evolutionary cycles, maintaining and boosting the area in which we run. For this factor, the business has actually chosen to produce an Environmental Management System certified with global policies, establishing a voluntary territorial procedure for the ecological, financial and social sustainability of the production procedure.
It remains in this exceptional context that white wines of extraordinary compound, complex and classy, efficient in revealing the very best of a whole area, Umbria, are born.
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