It is Sportoletti's top wine in terms of volumes and it is renown both in Italy and abroad for its outstanding quality/price ratio. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon confer this wine excellent smoothness and versatility. Initially renown for extra-virgin olive oil, the area saw its wine-producing potential acknowledged. With coveted new releases and Western New Yorks largest back-vintage cellar, we bring the worlds greatest wines to your door - at the lowest market prices. in the Montefalco and Torgiano wines of Umbria as well as the foundation of Rosso Piceno and a significant element of Rosso.
VILLA FIDELIA ROSSO 2010 PLUS
Smooth and structured in the mouth, with a complex and pleasantly tannic finish.įood matches: Roasts, stews, game, fondue, hard aged cheese.īackground: The Assisi DOC area was founded in 1997. Average of 91.3 points in 150 community wine reviews on 2004 Sportoletti Umbria Rosso Villa Fidelia, plus professional notes, label images, wine details, and recommendations on when to drink. Fresh with fruity hints of cherries and blackberries, sweet spices and chocolate to the nose. Tasting notes: Rubin red with purple nuances. The wine refines in French oak, second-passage barriques for some months and then in bottles for 6 months. Vinification: The grapes make maceration into thermo-conditioned tanks for 10-15 days with regular pumpovers and delestage, and worked separately so as they can fully develop their own qualities.Īfterwards, malolactic fermentation is carried out and monitored. Harvest started very early this year, the first days of September, with Merlot then Cabernet Sauvignon and Sangiovese. The soil is generally shallow with rich content in stones and organic matters due to Monte Subasio limestone erosion. With great reverence for the teachings of their father Vittorio, they began to bottle wines under their own label. At the end of the 1970s, brothers Ernesto and Remo decided to turn their attention exclusively to winemaking. The vineyards are all located at 400 m of altitude in the Assisi DOC (Denominazione di origine protetta, Protected designation of Origin)Īrea and are about 17-18 years old. For generations, the Sportoletti family has always also been passionately dedicated to producing wine in Umbria. Indeed, the barrel fermented white wines of Umbria, now made with a blend of Chardonnay and Grechetto varietal grapes, has gone on to be something of a flagship product for the region, and is regarded as one of the best and most characterful white wines in Italy.Sangiovese 50%, Merlot 30%, Cabernet Sauvignon 20%
VILLA FIDELIA ROSSO 2010 UPDATE
By consulting international oenologists, the wineries of Umbria were able to update their traditional techniques, and produce considerably finer wines from their Sangiovese grapes, as well as from imported varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. The reputation of Umbrian wines may have suffered in the 1970s, along with the produce of much of the rest of the country, but the 1980s and 1990s saw significant efforts made by vintners when it came to improving their produce and overall image. Italy remains very much a 'land of wines', and one could not imagine this country, its landscape and culture, without it.ĭespite being one of Italy's smallest wine regions, the central Italian region of Umbria is a vitally important one, and home to many of the country's finest and most historic wines and wineries. Since those times, a vast amount of Italian land has remained primarily for vine cultivation, and thousands of wineries can be found throughout the entire length and breadth of this beautiful country, drenched in Mediterranean sunshine and benefiting from the excellent fertile soils found there. Of course, it was the rise of the Roman Empire which had the most lasting influence on wine production in Italy, and their influence can still be felt today, as much of the riches of the empire came about through their enthusiasm for producing wines and exporting it to neighbouring countries. Grapes were first being grown and cultivated on Italian soil several thousand years ago by the Greeks and the Pheonicians, who named Italy 'Oenotria' – the land of wines – so impressed were they with the climate and the suitability of the soil for wine production. There are few countries in the world with a viticultural history as long or as illustrious as that claimed by Italy.
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