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Tenuta Scersce
Flammante Valtellina Superiore DOCG Inferno
Lombardy · Italy·Vintage 2021
Critics
Tasting note
Ruby red color tending towards garnet. Intense aromas of small red fruits, wild plum. Floral notes of rose and lilac. Mineral, with spicy notes and Alpine herbs. Elegant and distinctive, dry and very fresh.
The wine
- Grape
- Nebbiolo (Chiavennasca) 100%
- Style
- Red
- Alcohol
- 13%
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Cristina Scarpellini
- Altitude
- 470–500 m a.s.l. (Tresivio – Calvario, Inferno)
- Yield
- 60 quintals/ha (wine yield below 70%)
- Serve at
- 16°C, in a large (ballon) glass
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested (second half of October); crushed immediately, natural red vinification with c. 30 days on the skins, pump-overs and délestage.
- Ageing
- 12 months in 25 hl casks and 225 l barrels, blended before bottling, then bottle ageing in the dark.
- Soil
- Sandy loam with abundant stone, moderately deep and free-draining
- Food pairing
- White and red meats, game and roasts, pasta with sauces, hard and 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.