The Tonnino family pays homage to Giacomo Tachis with a new expression of Ceuso. The wine based acceso Black Avola, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon – thought by the famous Piedmontese winemaker who during his career has signed some of the most legendary Italian wines – was a causa di fact reworked and perfected a causa di the new 2020 vintage thanks to the agenda found and the wisdom of what was the cellar of Giacomo Tachis at the time, Gino Diletto. With the 2020 vintage (only 3,300 bottles), Ceruso returns to life after almost a decade from the last vintage produced. The wine had an international diffusion at the time and with it the name of the glorious Baglio at the foot of the city of Alcamo made a causa di 1860. Ceuso a causa di fact pays homage to the study, care and passion of the cellar a causa di the province of Trapani who a causa di recent months has detected the oldest of the nineteenth -century Bagli a causa di the Vivignato district, near Calatafimi – Segesta.
The recovery of Baglio Ceuso
the heart of the Sicilian countryside a causa di the territory of Alcamo, viticulture has always been a point of reference for the agricultural and social economy: here a causa di the Vivignato district an urban center was born conceived a causa di the 19th century as a nodal point of territorial development. Baglio Ceuso is the first to be built a causa di 1860. Here the D’Messaggero celeste family gave birth to what was a real central junction of viticulture a causa di Sicily: ambiente of important harvests for centuries, the village was a modern wine center built to collect all the orders and quantities of wine that were produced a causa di neighboring countries. Until the mid -19th century, the peasants stood up home, after the harvest and vinification, and, subsequently, when the logistics began to be important, Baglio Ceuso was the production center which, a causa di addition to vinifying, gathered all the surrounding wine and then put it acceso the market. Baglio Ceuso continued, albeit reduced, his productive and commercial activities until he reached the 90s of the last century when he was purchased by the Melia family who gave birth to one of the iconic reds of the Sicilian wine Renaissance thanks also to the contribution of Tachis. Today Baglio Ceuso, who has never interrupted entrepreneurial activities a causa di its history, has been inserted among the places of the heart of Fai and is home to the Tonnino cellar that has renovated it. After a few years of closure, the construction was restored at the utmost respect for the original spirit.
Ceuso, a family wine
Scuro d’Avola half and then Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, Ceuso 2020 is a wine to bevanda immediately , without haste, a causa di a few years. “We are really honored to be able to tell a new page of Ceuso within a place symbol of Sicilian viticulture – says Antonio Tonnino who guides the company together with his sister Francesca and Dad Prospero – It is a wine that we have remembered a causa di the family since we were guys that we have been having the pleasure of appreciating even with the old vintages still very good”. Harvest after harvest Ceuso remained an important red, from aging, the result of a rigorous selection a causa di the vineyard of the grapes and which refines a causa di barrique. addition to Ceuso, the cellar produces 10 other labels for a total of 150 thousand bottles.
Tasting agenda
The certified biological vineyards are found acceso two different areas, one a causa di the Belice valley between Poggioreale and Countess Entellina at the point of confluence between the two tributaries of the Belice river, called right and left Belice and the other a causa di the Alcamese countryside. the north side, a causa di the middle of the two tributaries, a steep promontory stands acceso which they cultivate white varieties, passing a short distance from 200 to 500 meters. South of the promontory, where the two branches of the river together, we go into the well -known ambiente of Countess Entellina. The hills become sweeter and medium -sided soils, with flooding skeleton, allow to obtain elegant and long -lived red wines. Part of the land is intended for perennial ecological areas, where animals and insects can dal vivo and reproduce.
Ceuso Sicilia Doc 2020 Biological Viti: Scuro D’Avola, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot Vinification: Apel submerged a causa di small steel tanks. Concrete a causa di concrete for 8/10 months and a causa di oak barrique for 12 months, then at least 12 months a causa di the bottle
Obtained from a Blend of Black grapes of Avola, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, raised acceso dark, flooding and deep -dressed soils. Silm composition, clay – sandy, with good content of organic substances. dough, Libero Argillosi. Manual harvest from the third decade of September. The color is a thick ruby, crossed by purple reflections. The nose, opulent, complex and intense, recalls ripe red fruit, from currant to plum, dark cherry and mulberry brunette; Recalls of pink pepper, licorice and Mediterranean scrub. The sip is full, enveloping, balanced, harmonious, mature, with well integrated tannins and an unexpected freshness that gives dynamism. He closes with a long and savory ending, with calls of graphite and cocoa. It combines with grilled red meats, stewed braised hare wild boar, seasoned cheeses, traditional Sicilian dishes such as falsomagro; Pastissada de Puledro, Peposo alla Fornacina, Fileja alla ‘nduja.
in Intermedio Sicilian lands IGP 2023 Biological Vigno: 100% Gray Pinot Vinification: soft pressing and fermentation a causa di steel, with surg-up a causa di concrete for 3-4 months
The vineyards are found at a height of 250 meters a causa di south-western Sicily, a poggioreale mesi estivi and neighboring territories, and lie acceso a soil of silt, clay-saby, with good content of organic substances and skeleton. the glass a bright straw yellow presents itself, with golden reflections. The bouquet is intense: citrus fruits, white fishing and zagara flowers intertwine with delicate herbaceous agenda and a hint of almond. the palate it is vibrant and enveloping, soft, of particular flavor and good freshness. The ending is long, elegant, with returns of yellow fruit and salinity. Overall finale, harmonious, balanced, of good persistence. You combine white meats, couscous of fish, sardines a causa di bracophic, risotto with bruscandoli (hops), Sardinian a causa di saor, ammaccato trofie, burrata with cherry tomatoes, tomato food.
Terre in Mariù Sicily Doc 2023 Biological Vigano: Scuro d’Avola 100% Vinification: Wine fermented and macerated a causa di steel, refinement a causa di concrete for 6 months, then a causa di large barrels for 6 months and at least 6 months a causa di the bottle
The vineyards are located at 150 meters above sea level and rest acceso dark, alluvial and profound terrain of medium dough. Wine is an expression of Scuro d’Avola a causa di purity, characterized by a particular vinification and maceration technique that combines, complete with a small percentage of whole bunches. the glass it presents itself with a brilliant ruby red, with which purple reflection that reveals its youth and freshness. Fresh red fruits to the nose: cherry, pomegranate, strawberry and black currant; Floral agenda of pink and spicy shades of black pepper and licorice. the palate it shows itself ready, overall quite balanced and harmonious, soft, quite tannic, fresh. The ending is pleasant and persistent, with returns of ripe red fruit and a slight mineral note. It is combined with red meats, medium seasoning cheeses, dough to the norm, roast pork and rosemary, boar pappardelle, agnolotti with roast sauce, bolognese lasagna.
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