Veneroso DOC Terre di Pisa
Tenuta di Ghizzano
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70% Sangiovese and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Veneroso takes the name from the family ancestor Veneroso Venerosi. Since 1985 - the first vintage - through its elegant and ripe fruit, combined with minerality, it becomes an ambassador proud of the peculiarities of the terroir in which it is born.
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- Wine Country
- Italy
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- Grape varieties wine
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese
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- Wine-food combination
- Perfect for combining intense first courses and second courses based on meat and game
About this wine
Description & facts
Composed mainly of Sangiovese grapes, with a small percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon, over time it has become an inevitable reference point for the entire wine-growing sector in which they operate.The grapes are pressed with feet then the fermentation takes place with indigenous yeasts in open topped 30 Hl. wooden vats and 25 Hl. concrete vats.
The maturing is 16 months long 500l. French oak barrels (10% new).
- Producer
- Tenuta di Ghizzano
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Wine Region
- Tuscany
- Classification
- DOC Terre di Pisa
- Organic/Biodynamic/Vegan:
- Organic
- Vintage
- 2016
- Grape varieties wine
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Sangiovese
- % of grape varieties wine
- 70% Sangiovese 30% Cabernet Sauvignon
- Tasting note
- The taste is full of intense floral aroma and ripe red fruit. Fresh on the palate, right acidity and great balance.
- Wine-food combination
- Perfect for combining intense first courses and second courses based on meat and game
- Vinification
- The grapes are pressed with feet then the fermentation takes place with indigenous yeasts in open topped 30 Hl. wooden vats and 25 Hl. concrete vats The maturing is 16 months long 500l. French oak barrels (10%
- Location Vineyard
- The grapes are selected from 30 and 20 years oldSangiovese vineyards , with a small percentage ofCabernet Sauvignon.
- Soil
- This soil is one of the most representative of the varied and complex pedological landscape of the Terre of Pisa: it is formed by marine sediments of the geological age called "Astiana" represented by more or less calcareous clay sands, where it is easy find shells fossils.
- Closure
- Cork
- Bottle size
- 750 ml
- Serving temperature
- 18 C
- Ageing potential
- Drink now up to more than 10 years
- Awards & ratings
- James Suckling: 91/100Falstaff 2020: 91/100Guida Essenziale ai Vini d’Italia 2020: 97/100Tre Stelle Rosse – I Vini di Veronelli 2020Due Bicchieri Rossi Vini d’Italia 2020 – Gambero RossoBibenda 2020 I Migliori Vini d’ItaliaI Migliori Vini d’Italia 2020 – Luca Maroni: 91/100Christy Canterbury.com: 93/100
