Wine Castellani, "Villa Lucia" Pinot Grigio IGT, 2014
Tasting Notes
Wine bright golden color with greenish reflections.
The wine is dry, pleasant taste with a good balance, fruity nuances of light and harmonious aftertaste.
The wine has a fresh, light aroma with hints of lime.
Wine perfectly combined with a bird, salads, snacks, fondue, white meat and pasta with delicate sauces.
Interesting Facts
"Villa Lucia" Pinot Grigio - is excellent, fresh Italian wine made from Pinot Grigio. Vineyards farms are located on a hilly surface with a very favorable climate in the Veneto region. Harvesting is done by hand. Grapes subjected to careful pressing. Some time fermented on skins at a controlled temperature. Excerpt "sur lie" (on the lees) lasts for 40 days - This achieves exceptional subtlety of wine.
Castellani - is a family winery, founded in 1903 in Italy. Since then, the economy has undergone a number of innovative changes and significant stages of development. To date, vineyard area economy there are more than 250 hectares of land in the prestigious area of Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Pisa hills. In each region, built the winery that allows you to quickly process the harvest, preserving the integrity of the berries, avoiding transport.
The company is very well developed internal infrastructure. Own laboratory equipped with the latest equipment, which in turn controls the operation of another 360 oenological laboratories. Also production is equipped with three modern bottling lines of the highest level, allowing the most efficient use of time. Wine bottles are sealed with a cork, which is constantly exposed to all sorts of technological analysis. At regular intervals the company at its discretion chooses a certain number of products and conducting destructive tests to identify and eliminate various possible defects.
In Castellani many years of not using chemical fertilizers, pesticides and various other harmful both to humans and to the environment means. These measures their vineyards are environmentally friendly.
The Company's range includes the classic Tuscan wine made from Sangiovese and other grapes. In the results of studies that have published such world famous publications as the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal, the company Castellani is a list of the best 500 Italian companies!
Producer's description
Castellani is a family winery founded in 1903 in Italy. Since then, the economy has undergone many innovative changes and significant stages of development. Today, the estate's vineyard area totals more than 250 hectares of land in the most prestigious areas of Chianti Classico, Tuscany and the Pisa Hills. Wineries have been built in each region, which allows the harvest to be processed as quickly as possible, preserving the integrity of the berries, avoiding transportation. The company has a very developed internal infrastructure. Its own laboratory, equipped with the latest equipment, which in turn controls the work of another 360 oenological laboratories. The production is also equipped with three modern bottling lines of the highest level, allowing for the most efficient use of working time. Bottles of wine are sealed with a cork stopper, which is constantly subjected to all kinds of technological analyses. At regular intervals, the company, at its discretion, selects a certain number of products and conducts destructive tests to identify and eliminate various possible defects.
Castellani has not used chemical fertilizers, various pesticides and other products harmful to both humans and nature for many years. Thanks to such measures, their vineyards are environmentally friendly. The company's range includes classic Tuscan wines made from Sangiovese and other grape varieties. According to research results published by such well-known world publications as the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal, Castellani is included in the list of the 500 best Italian companies!
