Santa Cristina Campogrande Orvieto Classico
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Region: Umbria, Italy Grape Varieties: 40% Procanico, SANTA CRISTINA 40% Grechetto, 15% Verdello, 5% Drupeggio & Malvasia CAMPOGRANDE Vintage: 2015 Alcohol: 12% ORVIETO CLASSICO DOC Closure: Cork Vineyard This wine is produced from grapes from the Orvieto Classico appellation, which encompasses the area around the alluvial cliff on Producer which the city of Orvieto is located. The Antinori family released Winemaking their first wine under the Santa After destemming and a gentle pressing, the must was cooled to 10°C Cristina name in 1946. Since to aid natural clarification. It was then racked to temperature-controlled then Santa Cristina has been a stainless steel tanks where fermentation took place at temperatures not byword for quality and value in exceeding 18°C. In order to preserve the wine’s freshness and aromas, Tuscany – now more so than ever it was kept at a temperature of 10ºC until bottling. since the creation of a dedicated winery in 2006. The range now Tasting Notes consists of reds and rosés from A straw yellow in color, the wine shows intense and delicate aromas of Tuscany and whites from fruit and flowers which recall both tropical and citrus fruit and orange Umbria, so the winery’s location blossoms. The flavors are full and fresh with a soft and savory finish in Cortona, southern Tuscany, is and aftertaste. ideal. History The ORVIETO DOC appellation was given official recognition in 1971. Orvieto is, today, one of Italy’s most widely known white wines on a worldwide basis and represents, approximately three fourths of all the appellation wine produced in Umbria. Orvieto is divided into two parts: Orvieto Classico, produced in the area around the bluff of tufaceous rock on which the city of Orvieto is perched and Orvieto, from areas to the north and south of the classic zone. The geological components of the territory (of volcanic origin), together with a favorable and quite individual microclimate which distinguishes the area of the Paglia and lower Tiber rivers, is the basis of the fame of a wine which, since time immemorial, is an integral part of the history of the city. It is no accident that Orvieto is one of the very few cities of the world whose name is synonymous with that of the wine of its surrounding territory..