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Tenuta Scersce
Essenza Valtellina Superiore DOCG
Lombardy · Italy·Vintage 2019
Female winemaker
Critics
94James Suckling · 2019
Tasting note
Ruby red hue transitioning to garnet with red fruit flavors of plum and sour cherry, accompanied by subtle notes of rose hips and spices, this wine offers a savoury and intense experience.
The wine
- Grape
- Nebbiolo (Chiavennasca) 100%
- Style
- Red
- Alcohol
- 13%
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Cristina Scarpellini
- Altitude
- 400–650 m a.s.l. (Villa di Tirano)
- Yield
- 60 quintals/ha (wine yield below 70%)
- Serve at
- 16°C, in a large (ballon) glass
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested (late October); crushed immediately, natural red vinification with c. 30 days on the skins, pump-overs and délestage.
- Ageing
- c. 24 months in 50 hl truncated-cone vats, blended before bottling, then bottle ageing in the dark.
- Soil
- Sandy loam with abundant stone, moderately deep and free-draining
- Food pairing
- Pizzoccheri, white and red meats, game, oily fish, aged cheeses
The producer
Tenuta Scersce
Tirano · Valtellina, LombardyFounded 2008tenutascersce.it
Cristina Scarpellini, a Sorbonne-trained lawyer who worked in business internationalisation, founded Tenuta Scersce in Tirano in 2008 out of a passion for Nebbiolo. She works steep terraced Alpine vineyards of Chiavennasca (Nebbiolo), producing Rosso di Valtellina, the Valtellina Superiore crus and Sforzato. The wines are regularly rated by James Suckling, Falstaff, Wine Enthusiast and the Italian guides.