{"product_id":"marino-lanzini-sforzato-di-valtellina-docg","title":"Marino Lanzini — Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG (2021) –– Lombardia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNebbiolo made the Amarone way — grapes dried for months before pressing — but with mountain freshness keeping it honest.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE GRAPE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChiavennasca, picked and then laid out to dry in the cold alpine air through the winter. The grapes lose water, the flavours concentrate, and what would have been a light red becomes something deep and powerful. Sforzato means \"forced\" — the wine is pushed further than nature intended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixteen degrees and it does not feel it, which is the trick of a good Sforzato. Black cherry, dried plum, cocoa and spice, a warm, velvety texture, and then that Valtellina acidity arriving to keep everything upright. 2021 was a balanced year and the wine is dry, not sweet, despite the richness. A wine for the cold months and a slow evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOOD PAIRING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGame — venison, wild boar, a hare ragù. Aged cheeses, especially hard alpine ones. Or nothing at all: a glass by the fire after dinner is a perfectly good use of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WINEMAKER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarino Lanzini took over his family's vineyards and cellar in Ponte in Valtellina in 2015 and started by doing the hard thing: rebuilding his grandfather's terraces in Valgella by hand, one stone at a time. He is a quiet man who makes a small amount of wine and does not rush it — oak, a little chestnut, and time. His wines taste of the family and the mountain, in that order. Nebbiolo from the Alps, farmed by someone who still climbs it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marino Lanzini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57482138222967,"sku":null,"price":73.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/7208\/7349\/files\/Marino_Lanzino_Sforzato.png?v=1790079530","url":"https:\/\/shop.passionevino.co.uk\/products\/marino-lanzini-sforzato-di-valtellina-docg","provider":"Passione Vino","version":"1.0","type":"link"}