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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

The best 100 pink wines of Italy

posted on 20 July 2020
Slow Wine Guide
The Slow Food Guide 2020 I migliori 100 vini rosa d'Italia" is out.

We miss you

posted on 24 April 2020
Cantrina Farm
Spring has arrived in Cantrina and we are enjoying the awakening of nature in a strange and silent environment. Nature is not stopping but some of our activities are and we are working in the vineyard and in the cellar to prepare a bright coming back, as soon it will be sensible and possible. Italy is facing COVID-19 emergency and the whole country is locked down, but essential services, production and logistics are ensured. Gradually every country is implementing necessary measures and we hope you are coping with them without trouble. We want to tell you that we are fine and we are sure we will manage and overcome the emergency. We feel lucky to have the opportunity to spend the quarantine in such a wonderful place as Cantrina and we want to share it with you through some pictures, waiting for the time when it will be again possible to welcome you here and give you a hug.

Riné gains a screw cap

posted on 13 January 2020
Cantrina - Riné screw cap
This coming March, the new 2018 vintage of Riné, its second vintage as a certified organic wine, will debut on the market under a screw cap for the first time, and so we want to talk a bit about this type of closure. We have been using this closure for some years now for Rosanoire, and since last year for our latest-born Valtènesi Chiaretto. We have found the results positive in terms of cellarability, soundness, and crispness, in particular over the medium- and long-term; our customers, often tired of opening wines that were tainted, have expressed full satisfaction.
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