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Antinori Tormaresca

you have to harvest in the morning, it gets hot in Apulia

picking grapes in Apulia is an adventure

When I think of Antinori, my first thought is Super Tuscan. The
family is renowned for being one of the first producers of Super Tuscan wine with the release of Tignanello in 1971. The evolution of Tignanello and the Antinori family is legendary. Their 1997 Solaia was the first Italian wine ever voted “Wine of the Year” by the Wine Spectator Magazine. In their continuous pursuit of excellence, Antinori has purchased numerous estates throughout Italy. In 1998, Antinori purchased the Bocca di Lupo estate in the Castel del Monte DOC in Apulia, located in the heel of Italy.

It’s not uncommon to look in any wine region in Italy today and find a major producer from Tuscany, Piedmont or the Veneto. As the costs for land continue to spiral upward in the major wine producing regions, producers are now looking for land in regions that are not as renown for their wines. It almost becomes a numbers game. With the purchase of Bocca di Lupo, Tormaresca wines were born. Antinori is a wine producing machine with all the components in place to produce world class wines in any region. Tackling wine making in Apulia is just another feather in the cap of the Antinori family. Utilizing local grapes from their own estates, along with cabernet sauvignon, a wonderful blend called Tormaresca Neprica was born. Neprica is a blend of Negroamaro, Primitivo and Cabernet Sauvignon, utilizing both the Bocca di Lupo and Masseria Maime estates.

The grapes are picked at the optimum ripeness and vinified separately, the wine is blended and aged in stainless tanks and finished aging in the bottle for a total of about 1 year of aging. The key to this blend of grapes is the drinkability, the primitivo gives it a softness that rounds out the cabernet and negroamaro. The wine is an intense ruby red color, with a nose of black cherry, and balanced acidity. This wine is going to pair well with spicy pasta dishes, grilled meats, or roasts, aged hard cheeses and sausages.

Varano’s will be featuring this wine for the month of April, we are committed to finding wines that we feel offer value and quality to our customers. The best part of our featured wines is the tasting that goes into finding the new gem and pass it on to our customers. See you in April.

Dick Varano

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