TENUTE SELLA The Sella family has been producing wine in the Lessona DOC area since 1671, making it one of the oldest Italian wineries still in operation. La Tenuta Sella has been dedicated to small-scale, high-quality production since its inception, and maintains its original artisan size Tenute Sella is one of the oldest European wineries that has never changed ownership. At the end of the 17th century, the family invested in agriculture by acquiring a vineyard in Lessona. The terroir of Lessona is defined by ancient marine sands with acidic pH. The family has honored its commitment to Lessona for the past three centuries and today. From the second half of the 19th century, the Sella Family bought hilly lands in the Bramaterra region, combining them into a single beautiful estate. The investment originates from the vision of being able to produce, continuing the local tradition, special wines with an expression of peculiar soils, mostly porphyry of volcanic origin. Today they try to represent the excellence of Northern Piedmont respecting their history and tradition. From their 22 hectares of vineyards, they produce about 90 thousand bottles, fruit of the grape varieties typical of the Biella region: Nebbiolo, Vespolina, Croatina and Erbaluce, vinified in a classic style. Their goal is to transpose into the glass an image of the terroir and of the vintages. There was a time when this was a winegrowing region widely recognized in Italy and abroad; it lost some ground during the twentieth century, but today, we want to bring back these wines to the fame they deserve. Lessona is located in the central-eastern area of the Biella province, in the part of Northern Piedmont on the right bank of the river Sesia basin. The area of Lessona takes up a series of ridge hills, protected northwards by the first pre-Alpine mountains. The soils of the hills planted with vines are constituted mainly of orange-tinged Pliocene marine sand rich in quartz, iron and manganese, here and there mixed with loess clay, while in the valley bottoms are found marine sands with fossils of shellfish. The pH of these soils, between 4.5 and 5.5, makes them rank among the most acidic vineyard soils in the world. The Bramaterra region includes from west to east the municipalities of Masserano, Brusnengo, Curino, Roasio, Sostegno, Villa del Bosco and Lozzolo. Located immediately east of Lessona, it covers a broad range of hills that reaches up to the eastern boundary of the province of Biella, in the part of Northern Piedmont on the right bank of the river Sesia basin. Geologically, there is a crown of 3 different islands of quartz porphyry, a relatively loose volcanic rock derived from gas-rich magma, of Permian origin, accompanied by a limestone island (in Sostegno), and by the widespread presence of marine sand and clay (especially in the eastern side of the region). Tenute Sella 2011 ‘Doranda’ Bianco Coste della Sesia - 12/750ml Net $216 Request____Case(s) 100% Erbaluce Destemmed, crushed with 42 hours of cold pre-fermentation maceration (4 degrees Celsius) with the use of dry ice. Slow fermentation for 26 days at a low temperature (13 degrees Celsius). No Malolactic fermentation. Refined for 6 months in stainless steel vats. Tenute Sella 2011 ‘Majoli’ Rosato, Coste della Sesia - 12/750ml Net $180 Request____Case(s) 100% Nebbiolo 80% from soft pressing, successive 48 hours of cold pre-fermentation maceration (4 degrees Celsius) with the use of fry ice. 20% from the drainage of the total mass of Nebbiolo. Slow fermentation for 24 days at a low temperature of 14 degrees Celsius. No malolactic fermentation. Refined for six months in stainless steel vats. Cream Wine Company 1035 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60607 www.creamwine.com 312.421.1900 [email protected] Tenute Sella 2009 ‘Casteltorto’ Rosso, Coste della Sesia - 12/750ml Net $240 Request____Case(s) 60% Nebbiolo/35% Croatina/5% Vespolina Casteltorto is a red wine at the same time modern and deeply rooted. Modern because of its full and pure fruit, its intense color, its rich body. Deeply rooted because of its local grape varieties, enhanced by the spicy and rusty nuances the Northern Piedmont best terroirs give. Classic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with pump-over and delestage. Average length of maceration is for 22 days. Malolactic fermentation takes place in wood, during the following spring. Refinement is for 14 months in Slavonia oak casks of 34 hl. Tenute Sella 2010 ‘Orbello’ Rosso, Coste della Sesia - 12/750ml Net $198 Request____Case(s) 40% Nebbiolo/30% Barbera/15% Croatina/10% Vespolina/5% Cabernet Sauvignon Orbello is a young red wine, a pleasant approach to our region. Its grapes come from our Barbera vines, and from the younger of our Nebbiolo and Vespolina vines. The result is a wine ideal to accompany any meal, fresh and fruity, with surprising tones. Classic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with pump-over and delestage. Average length of maceration is 18 days. Malolactic fermentation takes place in wood, during the following spring. Refinement is for 12 months in Slavonia oak casks of 50 hl. Tenute Sella 2005 ‘Omaggio a Quintino Sella’ Lessona - 12/750ml Net $640 Request____Case(s) 85% Nebbiolo/15% Vespolina The 2005 vintage of Lessona Omaggio a Quintino Sella is a special edition for the 150 years of Italian Unity. Quintino Sella, an engineer and economist, several times minister in the Risorgimento period, was among the supporters of the Unification of Italy. It is said that he toasted it with a bottle of Nebbiolo from the Lessona Estate. This wine is dedicated to him. Classic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with pump-over and delestage. Average length of maceration was 26 days. Malolactic fermentation in wood during the following spring. Refined for 36 months in Slavonia oak casks of 25 hl. Tenute Sella 2006 ‘San Sebastiano allo Zoppo,’ Lessona - 12/750ml Net $480 Request____Case(s) 85% Nebbiolo/15% Vespolina San Sebastiano allo Zoppo is their most important vineyard in Lessona. It was planted at least since 1436. Today, San Sebastiano is a small hill with just over 2 hectares of vineyards, characterized by the presence of centuries- old Mediterranean trees such as myrtle, cypress, pines, palms and olive trees, unusual species, especially thinking of the Northern Piedmont of more than a century ago. The average age of vines is 75 years. Tenute Sella 2007 Lessona - 12/750ml Net $360 Request____Case(s) Tenute Sella 2008 Lessona - 12/750ml Net $360 Request____Case(s) 80% Nebbiolo/20% Vespolina Classic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with pump-over and delestage. Average length of maceration was 22 days. Malolactic fermentation in wood, during the following spring. Refining for 24 months in Slavonia oak casks of 25 hl. Tenute Sella 2008 Bramaterra (Nebbiolo) - 12/750ml Net $342 Request____Case(s) 70% Nebbiolo/20% Croatina/10% Vespolina In Northern Piedmont, on the vined slopes of the Bramaterra Estate in the municipality of Villa del Bosco. Average age of vines is 48 years. Classic fermentation in stainless steel tanks with pump-over and delestage. Average length of maceration is 30 days for the Nebbiolo and the Vespolina, 16 days for the Croatina. Malolactic fermentation takes place in wood, during the following spring. Refinement is for 28 months in Slavonia oak casks of 10 hl. Account__________________________________Buyer__________________________________Date_____2013 Cream Wine Company 1035 W. Lake St., 3rd Floor Chicago, IL 60607 www.creamwine.com 312.421.1900 [email protected].