Description

For Caterina Palma (born and raised in Milan) the Valdichiana was the sweet land where she used to spend the summer holidays in the family farm. But with the years the vineyards, the noises, the scents have begun to exercise an uncontrollable attraction that has led it to a single, unexpected goal: to produce her own “wine”.
“I love everything in this area and my estate,” says Caterina. “And I love my wine because it reflects, with honesty, what surrounds it.

Local Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes are harvested and laid over straw mats in the ‘vinsantaia’ (the drying room created just below the tile roof of the farm) for two months, before being crushed to obtain a thick, murky must and transferred to small chestnut barrels (caratelli) then sealed with concrete and aged for 3 years, followed by an extra year in bottle. The result is simply divine: you are greeted by a lovely array of scents ranging from honeycomb to apricot and incense; while on the palate is sweet (but noy cloying) with a balancing fresh acidity.

Great on his own or with dry biscuits (cantuccini). Drink not too warm within 20 years.