Villa Puccini Appassimento Single Bottle

Country: Italy Region: Puglia

Vintage: 2020

Colour: Red Style: Dry

Producer: Villa Puccini

Villa Puccini was once home to Giacomo Puccini, the famous Italian composer most known for classic operas like La Bohème and Madama Butterfly. The winery, located in Tuscany, sources grapes from six different vineyard parcels in various parts of the Tuscan countryside, providing flexible options when it comes to fruit selection. The properties come from diverse regions of Tuscany, emanating from sub-climates as different as the hills of Chianti Classico all the way to the cooler coastal region in the Maremma. In working with the growers from these select Tuscan vineyards, Villa Puccini looks to a flavor profile that is at once uniquely Tuscan and accessible to all consumers in style. The delicious wines from Villa Puccini reflect those qualities and their easy drinkability will be evident in the first sip.

The withering process takes place in the vineyard by cutting the vine shoot and leaving it on the vine to allow the slow and natural dehydration (Appassimento). The Appassimento gives the wine the typical notes of ripe fruit with a perfect balance between tannins and acidity. It goes well with pasta courses, roasts and mature cheeses

Tasting Note: Sweetly evolved chocolate and spice aromas make way for a lovely open palate of creamy vanilla, raspberry and strawberry. These appealing fruit flavours are off-set against a deeply moreish, tangy liquorice edge, serious dark tannins, and a lively acidity. This is a gorgeously complex red wine.

Food Matches: Ravioli, barbecued burgers and grilled lamb, sumptuous Summer BBQ accompaniment