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Tenuta Scersce
Petrato Valtellina Superiore DOCG Sassella
Lombardy · Italy·Vintage 2021
Female winemaker
Critics
96James Suckling · 202194Bibenda · 2021
Tasting note
Intense ruby red color tending towards garnet. Refined aromas of red fruits, candied orange peel, spicy and balsamic notes. Mineral, dry, and persistent. Silky and soft tannins.
The wine
- Grape
- Nebbiolo (Chiavennasca) 100%
- Style
- Red
- Alcohol
- 13%
- Size
- 750ml
- Winemaker
- Cristina Scarpellini
- Altitude
- 450–550 m a.s.l. (Sondrio – Sant'Anna, Sassella)
- 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
- 13 months in 50 hl truncated-cone vats and 225 l barrels, blended before bottling, then bottle ageing in the dark.
- Soil
- Mainly rocky and sandy, moderately deep and free-draining
- Food pairing
- White and red meats, game and roasts, pasta with sauces, oily fish, 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.