Mare Chiaro Cirò Bianco DOC
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Obtained from the best Greco Bianco, a thousand-year-old Calabrian vine, grown close to the Ionian Sea. A tribute to our wonderful sea of Cirò
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Obtained from the best Greco Bianco, a thousand-year-old Calabrian vine, grown close to the Ionian Sea. A tribute to our wonderful sea of Cirò
Straw with hints of greenish hues, it reaches golden reflections with aging. On the nose melon, mandarin and grapefruit with hints of mint and some floral notes in the youth phase. Savory, fresh and mineral on the palate, of marked typicality.
The larger surface area and the different composition of the soils have led us to intensify our commitment more and more, to obtain low yields and higher quality. The optimal balance between total sugars and correct acidity marks the right moment of harvest every year and allows us to vinify a...
Between the end of October and November the third harvest for the Lugana Riserva del Lupo, we thus obtain grapes with noble botrytis. We thus obtain grapes with noble botrytis from which we can extract all the minerality of our land that was once the bottom of the lake.
It is the wine that made us known and that keeps us on the edge with each harvest. The choice to focus on the noble rot pushes us every year to a ruthless selection of the grapes and, when nature is not favorable to us, it forces us to give up. A sacrifice that is rewarded by a wine of structure,...
From Pecorello grapes, an ancient native Calabrian vine to be rediscovered and valorised. For us, Ippolito is proud of passionate research.