Lepanto Cesanese del Piglio Superiore Reserve | Jacob

NAME: Cesanese del Piglio DOCG

TYPE: red

GRAPES: Cesanese di Affile

ORIGIN: Italy, Lazio

EVOLUTION: 10 years

SERVICE TEMPERATURE: 18° C

RECOMMENDED GLASS:  large glass

ALCOHOLIC CONTENT: 14.5% vol.

FORMAT:  75 cl

THE WINE:

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

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NOTES FROM OUR SOMMELIERS

👁 Of a beautiful garnet color of medium intensity;

👃🏻 on the nose it expresses a complex bouquet, with sweet hints of ripe fruit, among which red fruits and plums stand out;

👄 on the palate it is fruity, elegant, with a beautiful tannic texture and excellent fullness of the sip.

RECOMMENDED COMBINATION

A red of great elegance and character, fragrant and persistent. Perfect with first and second courses of land cuisine, but also to accompany cold cuts and cured meats.

REFINEMENT

Cesanese di Affile from vineyards over 70 years old. The vineyard of origin, with white clay soil, is located 400 meters above sea level and the grapes are harvested by hand. In the cellar the processing is careful and involves fermentation on the skins in steel at a controlled temperature of +26 C°. It matures for at least 12 months in oak barrels, before refining in the bottle for a further 18 months.

YOU WILL LOVE IT FOR...

the character.

TERRITORY OF ORIGIN:

TERROR

The company is located in the province of Frosinone. Here viticulture has very ancient origins: already in Roman times the production was vast, so much so that it forced the emperor Domitian in the 1st century. BC, to limit the introduction of new plants to prevent the cultivation of wheat from being overshadowed by the vine. The land is characterized by being of origin volcanic , a fact that gives the wines flavor  And minerality , as well as great quality.

The province of Frosinone is known as Ciociaria, which takes its name from the typical footwear that was used here in the past, the ciocie. In the province there is one of the three DOCGs in Lazio and only one DOC. Cesanese del Piglio or Piglio DOCG are produced with Cesanese d'Affile and Cesanese comune.

The Atina DOC is instead dedicated to wines produced with cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, syrah, merlot and semillon. In the province of Frosinone there are also the names Anagni IGT, Frosinote IGT and Lazio IGT.

CELLAR

The Alberto Giacobbe company is a family winery, founded in 1939 at the top of the San Giovenale hill, next to Monte Scalambra. Today they cultivate 9 hectares of vineyards between the municipalities of Paliano, Piglio and Olevano Romano.

The lands located higher up are dedicated to the native Cesanese d'Affile, while in those at lower altitudes Passerina del Frusinate is cultivated.

Since 2008, Alberto Giacobbe has been carrying on the family traditions and making an important qualitative change. Alberto produces two wines: Cesanese di Olevano Romano DOC and Passerina del Frusinate IGT, a red and a white both from typical local grapes.