Description
The vineyards for this top wine are located in Taurasi in Campania, where they approx. 500 meters above sea level. benefit from the climatic conditions. The vines are over 200 years old, which offers an impressive vigor and intensity in the grapes, but very low harvest yield. Under the baking sun in Taurasi in Campania, the over 200-year-old vines absorb all the nutrients and energy from the volcanic subsoil. At the end of October, the grapes are hand-harvested and transported in small 20 kg. boxes to the vineyard in Paternopoli, where they are pressed and destemmed. The fermentation process extends over about 20 days in steel tanks, after which the grape must is poured into new French oak barrels and aged for another 24 months. The wine is then bottled and aged further.
This Bicento 53 is a special edition of the normal Bicento. Winemaker Mario Ercolino has selected the 53 best of Bicento, and has left these casks for another 6 months before bottling. These wines are this Bicento 53.
Bicento 53 offers an intense ruby red colour in the glass – almost black. Incredibly inviting aroma that offers a concentrated palette of sun-ripened dark plums, blackberries, blueberries, cherries and notes of spices, white pepper, vanilla and licorice. The taste is simply in a league of its own. A taste barometer that is intense, slightly sweet and structured. Its mouth offers concentrated dark berry fruits, figs, sun-ripened cherries and wonderful notes of white pepper, vanilla and a bit of smoke. A full-bodied and intense mouthful that puts all taste buds working overtime, while your brain tries to categorize the many aromatic layers that go on indefinitely. It is an intense, bold and very full-bodied red wine, where the acidity and velvety tannins provide a fantastic contrast to the intense fruit sweetness. A wine in distinguished balance, well-structured and inviting.
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