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Class 64 in tasting

posted on 5 January 2015
On Sunday evening (28/12/14) I attended the Bordeaux tasting, which has now become a classic end-of-year event that Angelo Peretti organises for just a few lucky friends at the Taverna Kus in San Zeno di Montagna. In my opinion it is the best way to celebrate the end of one year and the arrival of a new one. On stage this year were 12 wines from the 1964 vintage (they are 50 years old, you guessed it) and it is always very exciting to approach these wines and discover that charm is often an emotion that knows no age... Below is my commentary on some of the wines that impressed me the most, and at the end you will find the complete list of the labels in the tasting. We are talking about wines produced “pre-Parker-mania”, hence Bordeaux with a gentle, elegant soul, where super-concentration is almost non-existent, the alcohol degrees range from 10° to 12°, but what freshness, what length of mouth, what longevity! ...the ’64 was certainly a good vintage. My favourites: first of all Margaux Chateaux Brane-Cantenac: clean, clear-cut bouquet, you feel the balance already on the nose and so in the mouth. Discharge of colour, light but intense body, serious, classy, spicy. Followed by Saint-Emilion Grand Cru - Clos Labarde, Pomerol - Chateau Feytit Còlinet and Haut Médoc - Chateau Duplessis. A pity that three out of the twelve on the list were corked. Complete list:
  • GRAVES - CH HAUT BAILLY
  • POMEROL - CH FEYTIT CLINET
  • MARGAUX - CH GISCOURS
  • PAUILLAC - CH BATAILLEY
  • POMEROL - CLOS RENE’
  • MOULIS EN MEDOC - CH CHASSE SPLEEN
  • SAINT-EMILION - CLOS LABARDE
  • GRAVES - CH DE FIEUZAL
  • HAUT MEDOC - CH DUPLESSIS
  • POMEROL - CH BEAUREGARD
  • MARGAUX - CH BRANE CANTENAC
  • PAUILLAC - CH PEDESCLAUX

WHY THE SCREW CAP?

posted on 4 June 2024
Right from the very start of our efforts as Winegrowers, we have firmly committed ourselves to producing high quality wine, and always with profound respect for the local terroir and overall environment in which we work.

Riné

posted on 21 March 2022
We’d like to talk to you a bit about our Riné. Although it has changed over the years, we conceived Cantrina’s white wine--our distinctive blend of Riesling and Chardonnay, and a bit of other white varieties we grow here in our estate vineyards--as one that would evolve and mature with cellaring, offering its best even many years after bottling. We noticed, though, in the few years, that we were often forced to sell Riné too soon, and thus offering our customers a wine that was still inexpressive and therefore not fully appreciated for what it really was.

Profumi di Mosto 2020

posted on 25 August 2020
Profumi di Mosto
We are joining the Profumi di Mosto 2020 edition on October, 11th. Cantrina's wines will be matched with Pietro Freddi's special pizzas, which will be prepared on the spot from his Pizza-Van. This edition will be a bridge between the just-ended summertime and 2021 events. Profumi di Mosto will also host twenty wineries, where rose wines and Valtènesi red wines will be protagonists.
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