Maso Élesi – Pinot Nero Trentino Superiore DOC Organic 2019

MASO ÉLESI 2019
PINOT NERO TRENTINO SUPERIORE ORGANIC

An organic vineyard ideally suited for growing Pinot Nero.

 

VINEYARD CHARACTERISTICS

Seasonal performance Spring bud break came early, but a cold May delayed flowering by about ten days. After this, the season enjoyed very favourable weather with well-distributed rainfall. By harvest time, the bunches were healthy, well-ripened and with good acidity levels.
Location of the vineyards A single vineyard in Padaro with its pertinent building (or maso) at the foot of Mount Baone, surrounded in a holly oak wood.
Grape variety used 100% Pinot Nero.
Type of terrainAncient, fairly shallow, medium texture soil, with a good clay content, verging on calcareous: the best for this variety.
Training system Guyot-trained.
Production 5,300 kilos of grapes per hectare.

 

VINIFICATION AND AGEING

Harvest The operations were carried out with careful manual selection on 21 September, in small containers.
Vinification The grapes were quickly transported to the winery, where they were immediately partially destemmed and the whole berries dropped into a special steel tank for alcoholic fermentation. Pre-fermentative cold maceration was initially carried out for five days at 13–15 °C (55–59 °F). Alcoholic fermentation took place at a temperature of around 24 °C (75 °F) with maceration on the skins and stems for sixteen days.
Ageing At the beginning of November, at the end of malolactic fermentation and after a first racking, the wine was placed in 500-litre French oak barriques and tonneaux for ageing. At the end of October 2020, after one year of ageing, the wine was blended and bottled on 5 February 2021, producing 4,840 bottles and 80 magnums. Finally, bottle ageing will last for almost 24
months before release.

 

ORGANOLEPTIC CHARACTERISTICS

Colour The wine has a luminous ruby red colour with slight transparency.
Aroma Following a brief oxygenation, it offers an elegantcomplexity of nuances on the nose: notes of fresh red fruit, ranging from blackberry to morello cherry, and floral notes of rose are well integrated with more spicy hints of juniper, vanilla and bitter cocoa. There is the essentiality and fragrant purity of the original grape variety.
Flavour On the palate, the wine still shows great elegance and balance made up of compact but harmonious tannins and a nice sensation of freshness and sapidity that give it great depth. In the mouth, there is a reminder of the fragrant sensations perceived previously. A young wine, ready, but certainly in need of development.

 

ANALYTICAL DATA

Alcohol 14,13 % vol.
Residual sugar 0,3 g/l.
Total dry extract 27,9 g/l.
Total acidity 5,07 g/l.
pH 3,55.
Contains sulphites.

 

PAIRINGS

• Starters of savoury and smoked meats.
• Lamb chops with herbs or rabbit terrine with herbs.
• Fillet of pork and game birds.

 

SERVING TEMPERATURE

Serve at 16–18 °C (around 60–64 °F) in wide glasses.

 

STORAGE CONDITIONS

Keep in a cool place, away from light and heat sources. Store bottles horizontally.

 

AGEING POTENTIAL

10 years.

 

AWARDS

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