Selve Picotendro Castagno (2010) - Valle D'Aosta

£79.00

THE GRAPE
Picotendro (local Nebbiolo).


THE WINE
Picotendre Selve is born from one of Italy's most fascinating indigenous grape varieties - Nebbiolo. A unique wine produced in Val d'Aosta.
2011 is one of the best vintages ever in Donnas DOC. Soft taste. More mature and warm than the 2015 vintage. Ten years ageing.
This wine has a pure, immediate essence but an intense vigour and exciting complexity.
Reductive nose, let it breathe. Slowly opens up with red fruits, strawberries, red berries, and balsamic notes. Lively palate with good acidity and balanced, red fruits and pomegranate, fine tannins, slightly sharp and hematic, mineral. Good long finish of subtle spices and dry.
The wine ages in chestnut casks. Unlike oak used for 2016, chestnut casks let the wine micro-oxygenate but don't affect the aromatic profile. The mineral taste conquers your palate with every sip. – Isabel Biagioni Angeli

FOOD PAIRING
Excellent in combination with red meat, game and seasoned cheeses. Also, rich soups!