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
Wine produced in an alpine environment using Nebbiolo grapes vinified in white. The geological origin of the land dates back to the collision between the African and European plates that gave rise to the Alps. The great variability of the resulting rocks give minerality and elegance.
From the love for this vine comes a wine of great elegance that immediately reveals fruity and tropical notes typical of New World wines.
The grapes, such as Nebbiolo (Chiavennasca), Prugnola and Rossola, from the Grumello sub-area, are vinified "in red" with a medium-long maceration. After 2 months in steel and 18 months in large 80 hl Slavonian oak barrels, followed by another 4 months of aging in bottle.
From Pecorello grapes, an ancient native Calabrian vine to be rediscovered and valorised. For us, Ippolito is proud of passionate research.
Every wine that comes out of the traditional schemes starts from an idea that is born a little by chance and a little by bet. The company has always had the belief that Verdicchio was one of the very few whites that could be enhanced both in fermentation and in aging in wood. From the use of...