"Sweet herbs mingle with black tea leaves and a cascade of exotic florals as the 2021 Campi Flegrei Piedirosso comes to life in the glass. The palate is fresh and juicy, with zesty acidity and ripe red and blue fruits swirling throughout. Fine tannins provide a gentle grip as the 2021 tapers off energetic and spry, leaving an air of inner violet florals to linger." - Eric Guido, VINOUS MEDIA
Contrada Salandra’s Piedirosso explores what is possible with this grape from this appellation. Composed of 95% Piedirosso and 5% co-planted ancient varietals (Ricciulella, Marsigliese, Colagiovanna) from 2.5 hectares of ungrafted vines at 90-200m above sea level. The vineyards were planted around 40 years ago.
In the cellar, the grapes are destemmed and fermented in stainless steel. Maceration lasted a staggering 45 days, practically unheard of for Piedirosso. Aging is for 20 months in stainless steel. There is no fining or filtering and total so2 added is around 10mg/L. The wine ages in bottle for an additional 6 months before release.
Contrada Salandra’s Piedirosso explores what is possible with this grape from this appellation. Composed of 95% Piedirosso and 5% co-planted ancient varietals (Ricciulella, Marsigliese, Colagiovanna) from 2.5 hectares of ungrafted vines at 90-200m above sea level. The vineyards were planted around 40 years ago.
In the cellar, the grapes are destemmed and fermented in stainless steel. Maceration lasted a staggering 45 days, practically unheard of for Piedirosso. Aging is for 20 months in stainless steel. There is no fining or filtering and total so2 added is around 10mg/L. The wine ages in bottle for an additional 6 months before release.
