Grillesino Niccolaio Cabernet Sauvignon Maremma Toscana DOC

Compagnia Del Vino represents select winemaking families in Italy, united by a shared business vision, a rich history, and a commitment to serving as a benchmark for their production area.

Located in the municipality of Magliano in Tuscany in the lower Maremma, the Grillesino winery was founded in 1999 by Giancarlo and Saverio Notari, who wanted to produce a wine they could control every stage of its production. With vineyards mostly in the Morellino di Scansano DOCG zone, the winery covers 32 hectares, all trained using the spurred cordon system with a planting density of 6,000 vines per hectare. In addition to the native Sangiovese and Ciliegiolo varieties, Cabernet Sauvignon was planted between 2000 and 2002, which gives Grillesino its great complexity and rich aromas. The clones were selected in collaboration with the University of Agriculture of Florence and the Bordeaux Oenology Institute, a collaboration that led to the identification of the Cabernet-Margaux clone, used for the Ceccante and Niccolaio wines, both of which are highly prized. Vinified with modern technologies, the wines of the Grillesino company undergo very light filtration treatments so that their typicality is one of their main characteristics.

Finally, ten years after the vineyard was planted (2009), the extraordinary quality for this Cabernet Sauvignon were achieved, revealing itself in the glass as both sumptuous and refined. Cultivated on a plot once covered by the typical vegetation of the Maremma region, ‘Niccolaio’ grows in a gravel-rich terroir; it represents the culmination of years of experimentation by Grillesino with this remarkable variety.

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VARIETALS
90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc

VINTAGE
2019

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