Edizione
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Country
Italy
Nature
Wine
Family
Still wine
Colour
Red
Alcohol by volume
14
Winemaking notes
The idea of this wine came out during a curious meeting between “wine experts”: Valentino Sciotti, today CEO of the “Farnese Group”, Filippo Baccalaro, chief winemaker of the same group and third generation of Piedmontese winemakers, Hugh Johnson, the most famous wine journalist in the world, and Jean Marc Sauboua of the third generation of Bordeaux winemakers. During that particular meeting, 18 years ago, Hugh Johnson launched a challenge to the two young winemakers: that of creating a “great wine” with the character of “Southern Italy”, forged with the best varietals of that territory; a wine with the modest name of “table wine”, but with the soul of “a great wine”, that stands out for its ability to be unique and extraordinarily superior to what the market offers. Montepulciano, Primitivo, Negroamaro, Sangiovese e Malvasia Nera. Vinification: Soft stalk-stripping. Maceration-fermentation
for 25 days. Malolactic fermentation in barriques
followed by 13 months maturation.
Viticultural notes
After four years of meticulous work and experimental harvests, 5 grape varieties were identified, two from Abruzzo region – Montepulciano and Sangiovese – and three from Puglia – Primitivo, Negroamaro and Malvasia Nera. The first vintage of EDIZIONE CINQUE AUTOCTONI was finally made. London was the location for the first official tasting of the newborn wine, where Hugh Johnson was waiting with his curious judgment. These were his words at the first taste: “There’s everything in this wine! The warmth, the aromas, the flavors of southern Italy… millennia of winemaking tradition, that’s exactly what we were dreaming of!”
Tasting notes
Edizione 17 - 99 Points, Luca Maroni "This wine is a tidal wave of sensations: just peering in the glass, the intense blue streaks running through the violet and black depths are a stamp of enological quality that can only come from the most glorious of grapes. There is so much density, volume, and purity to the wonderful spicy, blackberry and vanilla flavours that explode over the palate. Edizione is tannic but in the softest possible way; the extraction is flawless. This wine demands respect as an archetype of quality viticulture and winemaking, and the magnificent richness and harmony on display here are second to none. I’m speechless."