Ab Vinea Doni, The Qualities Of Vernaccia Di San Gimignano Docg

By hand picking the Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG grapes from the Vigna a Solatìo in Casale San GImignano, this Falchini wine is made up of a careful selection of the best grapes, fermented and aged in small 225l oak barrels for approximately 8 to 10 months. Once bottled, the Vernaccia di San Gimignano Vigna di Solatìo Riserva completes its refinement for a minimum of 6 to 8 months before leaving the cellar. The Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG Vigna a Solatìo Riserva produced by Falchini is a very structure wine that can age well in the bottle for a least 5 to 8 years from the vintage. The color is a straw yellow with golden yellow highlights that get warmer with aging. The aroma is slightly aromatic, with hints of light spices, saffron, tropical fruits, peaches, and yellow apples, while the taste is intense, dry, fruity, with a clean and soft finish.

The "Falchini Brut" is a Classic Method Millesimato Spumante produced with a careful selection of the best Vernaccia di San Gimignano and Chardonnay grapes from its own vineyards in Casale, together with a small part of other white grapes. In the cellars of Casale di Falchini, once the first fermentation has been completed in steel vats at a controlled temperature, and after a short period of time spent in French oak barrels, the wine is assembled and then bottled for the second natural fermentation in the bottle, typical of the Classic Method, which takes place over a period of many months (minimum 24 months) to complete the refinement of the real Spumante, which the French call "Champagne".

Casale Falchini wanted to make Benozzo Gozzoli a product with attention to every detail in fact, the San Gimignano vineyard takes the utmost care in the cultivation, harvesting and processing of Vernaccia grapes as well as the final presentation of the bottles, for which a particular label was chosen. The label refers to an ancient fresco, created by the preRenaissance painter Benozzo Gozzoli, entitled "L'Ebbrezza di Noè" an image that stands out at a glance and which we hope will add to your enjoyment and appreciation of one of our flagship white wines. The Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG Benozzo Gozzoli wine made at Casale Falchini is a modern Vernaccia di San Gimignano the poet Michelangelo Buonarroti in "Aione" described this taste as something that "kisses, bites, licks and stings" the character of this white wine made from the grapes of Vernaccia is in fact typical for its great finesse and its good structure.

The Vigna a Solatìo, made with Vernaccia DOCG grapes from San Gimignano, should be drunk preferably young and fresh from the vineyard, but can also be aged for 23 years in the bottle. The main characteristics of this Vernaccia di Casale Falchini are the yellow straw color, a scent with the light aroma of green apple and jasmine flowers, the fresh, balanced, fruity, graceful and elegant taste, with a pleasant finish. The ideal temperature to serve it is 810 ° C. Its taste is ideal to combine with appetizers, first courses, white meats, fish, soups or large roasted fish and shellfish, but it is also an excellent choice as an aperitif.