Ripe al Convento di Castelgiocondo Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Riserva 2015 - Marchesi Frescobaldi

What is Ripe al Convento Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Riserva 2015

Brunello Montalcino by Frescobaldi. The optimum of Sangiovese di Lamole, a wine with great structure and longevity. Spectacular wine in all its facets, whose most appropriate definition is "Aristocratico". The king of Italian red wine, bright in color, elegant with olfactory component, delicate on the palate with velvety tannins. Full bodied and rich in dry extract, guarantor of superlative quality.

Sommelier: 

Ruby red with violet reflections in aging. Fruit of cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant, pleasant hint of chestnut fruit cooked together with notes of ripe caki. In the mouth powerful, warm with a definite softness and balance in the tannic part, return of the fruity in the long and very persistent finish.

Recommended pairings:

Ripe al Convento Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Riserva 2015 Marchesi Frescobaldi Cavatelli pasta with vegetables, with wild rocket and fresh tomato sauce, spaghetti with tomato sauce or tomato paste and hard ricotta. Orecchiette and troccoli with rabbit sauce, tagliatelle alla bolognese. Grilled chicken, rabbit cacciatore, grilled pork sausage. Beef straccetti, stews of country chicory, vegetable soups with meat, semi and mature cheeses. Excellent with fresh hard fruit: walnuts, mango. Dried fruits.

Uncork Ripe al Convento Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Riserva 2015 Marchesi Frescobaldi and wait ½ h before serving at a temperature between 16 - 18 ° C in a large Ballon glass.

Winery: 

The Marchesi Frescobaldi can boast the uniqueness in Italy of representing the almost millennial history of the production of wines from large vineyards in Tuscany. The historicity of the Frescobaldi family, thirty generations are enough to give prestige to this name, which has become aristocratic over the centuries.

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