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'A Life Ciro Rosso Classico Superiore 2008

It 's time to present our first wine: ' A LIFE . We wrote here

our excitement for the debut scheduled for the end of November in the splendid manifestation speak Winegrowers, organized by friends of Garden Cantina, then after a week it was the turn of Vignerons d'Europe Florence, an event organized by Slow Food.

The response was extremely positive, and came from ordinary consumers, operators sector and the food and wine critic.

As we have said, we prefer to talk about wine, in this case through some impressions of those who have tasted and that, in public, spent his words to 'A LIFE .


Luciano Pignataro , food and wine journalist, on his website :
2009 :-) My best red

wine [...] A simple concept but approach, not suffered, linear, quick and easy to understand.

In conclusion, if you love the elegance in people, education, [...] you do not enter the Gaglioppo of Laura and Francis in the Pantheon of your favorite taste.

It 'so good as to be well together, first taste and palates of those spit out ten thousand a year. These wines, if put in magnum, are collection of life.

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Roberto Giuliani on Lavinium. it
[...] A wine that brings joy , happiness, peace with you the world, made for the table, good table with old friends, falls down and appears almost cleared of fatigue, bad habits, from daily burdens [...]

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On Tigulliovino. it
[...] Viticulture and vinification without compromise, for almost a wine with extreme respect for tradition, [...] A wine maybe not for everyone, but for the its nature and the philosophy that underlies it, perhaps on the verge of becoming a cult of its kind.

Try and try again for a long time, meditating on each sip, Gently scrape the tongue leaving its harshness [...]

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Angelo Di Costanzo on Arcanto The wine and food diary is a sommelier
The Cirò red top 'A Life 2008 of Francis and Laura is a great view, has a very inviting color, ruby-garnet hue with a bright, clear, I would say so exemplary as few products in the last twenty years under that name [...]
The first nose is fascinating, [...] mouth is certainly rich, enveloping the palate and convinces me to be drinking a good Cirò, certainly as good as others in the last few years.

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Mauro Erro on www.lucianopignataro.it
[...] The wine you drink that is a pleasure [...] and the bottle empties quickly: color intrigue (see the series and I'm looking, sensual transparency), perfumes and essential polite fascinate (cherry and flowers, rocks and herbs, spices and pointy appearances balsamic), drag the sip : juicy and dry, fruity and refreshing.
You can play with the service temperature of indulging their taste or forget it for a while 'time in the cellar.

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Andrea Petrini on Routes Divine
A Life .. expresses nose clear fragrances, frank, precise red fruit supported by a beautiful balmy trail. ... Balanced, tasty and fresh and leaves the mouth soft. bottle ended up in nothing.

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Franco Ziliani on Vinoalvino.org
[...] the beauty and clarity of color, almost "nebbiolesco" [...] that his accent unmistakably Calabrian and hints of mint, eucalyptus. But a Calabrian use of the world, who knows the Langhe Nebbiolo, Bourgogne Pinot noir and feels somehow closer to Sicily Etna ... [...] expressing faithfully the truth of the place where he was born, his only son to be this situation and not others.

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Barbara Brandoli on Lavinium.it
nose in the glass is an exciting return of perfumes, [...] the salty sea ... then autumn crisp cherry, red currant, dry ground just mentioned, in a vertical sequence that comes to spices, pepper, liquorice, to china. A deep nose

[...] a mouth that does not betray the expectations, even the exalted. [...] a long sip of fresh and intense as only few know how to give great wines, [...]

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Wine Experience: D'Artagnan and the 3 Cimmino muskateers on ilviandantebevitore.blogspot.com

[...] Its delicate and charming transparency reveals the noble and distinguished.

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Gaspare Pellecchia on Lucianopignataro.it
.... is a moral starting point.

is a beautiful wine that is both artistic experience [...], poetry. a wine glass and tearing open her lips and pushes you to take a flight.

calm yourself more of a benzodiazepine, the brain relaxes you, you give hope, is a starting point for contemporary beauty, our present. perhaps even ethics. a wine that invites us to drink and makes peace.

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Luca Risso on Twitter
[...] 'A LIFE [...] When a wine is said to be men!

Pinuccio Alia Alia's Guest House on Facebook
[...] ' LIFETIME is truly a great wine [...]

blogger Michelle livefromtuscany comments on our blog
[...] Wine and 'truly fantastic, with an elegance and finesse that I had not tasted still in gaglioppo [...]

Ivanilterribile.com - The blog of Ivan Pasini
Laura Francis and I have finally done drinking Cirò I never drank [...] exceptionally balanced, flawless, good acidity and persistence, but I especially striking for its drinkability: the bottle, which I did not drink alone, it's over very soon [...]

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Greetings to all and best wishes for a wonderful 2010.
Francesco Maria De Franco

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I should write about the wonderful experience of "They talk about the Winegrowers' , but are leaving again, this time for Florence, an event organized by Slow Food, Vignerons d'Europe.

The second edition of Vignerons d'Europe will be held December 5 to 7, a great event that will see 1000 vigneron from all over Europe to discuss the future of wine in the Old Continent. Come back

write the two events, see you soon.

Francesco Maria De Franco

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We'll be there we at Villa Signorini ( > click here to learn how to get to Villa Signorini ) , Ercolano (NA) Sunday 29 and Monday, November 30, 2009 to present our first production and in good company (here the list of participants).

"They talk about the Winegrowers' is an event unprecedented in the entire South Italy dedicated to natural wines and craft opportunity for enthusiasts, professionals and curious to learn about and taste a selection of wines from wine growing healthy expression of terroir more evident and transparent than is the case with practices agricultural so-called "conventional".

will be the first public outing for our company, we realized a dream and a commitment that began five years ago.

We are thrilled and can not hide it, why even introduce our first wine, a Ciro Rosso Classico Superiore 2008 , son of a gentle and patient work, in accordance with the typical and natural, pincipi that guide our work in the vineyard and the cellar first.

Gaglioppo The vine is hard to tame, that surprises you every year and does not admit mistakes and ill-treatment (sensitive skin, many tannins, a little color). So tasting week after week, we decided to wait patiently for another 6 months, compared to the timeframe of the disciplinary DOC before submitting this year, 2008.

The clay and limestone soil of our vineyard "Muzzunetto" , with vines of 30-40 years exposed to the north-west, has given us this first release, we will not describe it, we prefer to talk about wine, happy to visitors to taste it "They talk about the Winegrowers' and who we want to know.

We look forward to my first impressions.

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Harvest Winemakers talk about the Calabrian (praise Gaglioppo)


Peter, a friend of mine who studied oenology in Montpellier, when he read on Facebook that 20 October was still vintage replied: but you are in Calabria or Alsace?

Many think that the harvest is early in Calabria, that is from August to September because they say it is hot. But they have not come to terms with the Gaglioppo one of the great varieties of Italian viticulture.

While the harvest for the international varieties is anticipated (Sauvignon and Chardonnay from the beginning of August) for Gaglioppo the harvest is usually between the first and second week of October. In fact, the

Gaglioppo is a vine on these lands for millennia in Calabria and perfectly adapted to our climate and soil conditions.

So while the much-enhanced international varieties not wait to be collected, the Gaglioppo mature slowly and patiently waits until October allowed them to preserve flavor, acidity, etc.. characteristics that are affected by high temperatures.

A slow maturation is the hallmark of the great wines in their territory Origin: the case of Nebbiolo in Piedmont or Pinot Noir in Burgundy, to mention two great grape varieties with Gaglioppo also share a low intensity of color and a high content of tannins.

If you love numbers and scientific look at this table published by ' ARSSA Calabria that detects the degree of maturation of different grape varieties in the province of Crotone on August 18, 2009

By comparing the Gaglioppo or Magliocco (Calabrian native varieties) and Cabernet Sauvignon , we note that comparable values \u200b\u200bof sugar, are opposed values \u200b\u200bof total acidity and pH decidedly unfavorable to the Cabernet Sauvignon, which will only get worse with the progress of maturation.

" Native " so there is a currently fashionable term, but the result of a long process of adaptation to climatic conditions that certain varieties of lives led in the millennia, resulting in quality products and only if grown in the territory of origin.

Dispelling the myth then, so dear to a "modern" wine, that everything can be done anywhere with the same quality.

Let's stop to establish an "improved" varieties that are great in their homeland, but absolutely mediocre in other contexts.


In the next post I will tell you of my 2009 vintage