Features
Name:
Cillenza Bianco Salento IGT 2022
Terrain:
of the Pleistocene silicoclay-calcareous type
Cellar
The heart of Schola Sarmenti is an old winery built in the mid-19th century and closed for over fifty years. The Marra and Calabrese families have thus restored to splendour an ancient symbol of Salento oenology, the fulcrum of an important architectural tradition, in which culture and territory are transmitted to the visitor through the impetuous beauty of the star-shaped vaults made of tuff and Lecce stone ashlars.
The embrace between the present and the past finds its maximum expression in the unique details, capable of truly moving. As you slowly descend a small central staircase, your heart is pervaded by an intense perfume, while your legs yearn to hurry up, eager to discover that underground world.
The last step and you are finally immersed in wine.
A barrique cellar made from old cisterns, one after the other. The right temperature and constant humidity all year round make it a perfect environment where the barrels store that wine which, once in the bottle, will end up resting between purple-red walls.
A place in which to breathe the air of a distant past, while the scents of wine and wood give a foretaste of the result of this slow rest: the near future.
Description
A harmonious blend, the gift of the skilful union of two grape varieties, Fiano and Chardonnay, in the very early hours of dawn patient eyes once again choose, one by one, the best bunches to obtain a white of great potential, rich and elegnate with limited production.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Straw yellow in colour with iridescent reflections, an elegant bouquet with fruity fragrances and intense floral nuances. The sip is long, full of freshness and with a soft, slightly almondy finish.
Storage time:
2-5 years
Vinification
Temperature-controlled stainless steel vinificators
Acknowledgements
2022 Luca Maroni 97/100
