These eight wines will be featured during Saturday’s Wine Pairing Dinner with Le Storie. Four of them are this weekend’s wine features:
Tenuta Casali Villa Zappi
Origin: San Marino, Italy
Retail: $19.95 | Sale: $17.95
Tenuta Casali was founded in 1978 by siblings Valerio and Paolo to carry on a vision that began with their grandfather Mario’s small farm in the hills of Mercato Saraceno in 1940. The family run business now covers an area of 50 hectares and is driven by the enthusiasm of a new generation: Silvia, Francesco, and Daniele. The 20 hectares of vineyards lie on an old fluvial terrace with underlying layers of gravel and benefit from the significant difference between daytime and nighttime temperatures, which gives the wines their intense flavor and aroma. Villa Zappi is a sparkling rose made from Sangiovese grapes with a short maceration in a soft press shell. Enveloping bubbles with aromas of small red fruits and rose hips. 100% Sangiovese
Cantina della Volta Rimosso
Origin: Modena, Italy
Retail: $26.95 | Sale: $24.95
Although the winery is located in the heart of the Lambrusco di Sorbara lands, Christian and his father Giuseppe have always cultivated a passion for high quality sparkling wines. This great passion for the Classic Method led Christian Bellei to the birth of the Cantina della Volta in 2010. The company is based in the original building of the Cantina Bellei, built by Christian's great-grandfather near the embankment of the Naviglio di Bomporto, the place where the boats had to make the "vault" on their way to resume their sailing towards the city of Modena, hence the winery’s logo. The Cantina della Volta today is a fascinating environment, in which traditions coexist harmoniously with a vast assortment of avant-garde systems, specific for the modern production of Classic Method wines. Brilliant ruby with violet reflections and an intense bouquet rich in hints of wild strawberries and currants, accompanied by fresh floral notes. 100% Lambrusco di Sorbara
Villa Papiano I Probi 2017
Origin: Emilia Romagna, Italy
Retail: $29.95 | Sale: $26.95
Located in the unique terroir of Modigliana, on the border of Emilia Romagna and Tuscany, Villa Papiano's vineyards are the highest in the area, planted on terraces between 450-570 meters above sea level. Their wines are defined by the estate's high elevation and steep slopes, ancient soils of marl and sandstone, and unique microclimates created by the dense forest that surrounds them. Farming organically, in a way that respects their incredible surroundings and winemaking with minimal intervention, the Bordini family focus almost exclusively on indigenous varieties and old clones. Complex and densely aromatic: pomegranate, orange, mandarin, iodine, and humus. 100% Sangiovese
Villa Papiano Tregenda Vermouth Bianco
Origin: Emilia Romagna, Italy
Retail: $64.95 | Sale: $58.46
This unique vermouth is an infusion of the winery’s Tregenda R wine. A late harvested version of the traditional Albana grape from 40 year old vineyards. The wine offers aromas of honey, orange blossoms and saffron. To this great starting point they have added citrus peels from Calabria, lavender from Provence and pine extracts from Aleppo. The Tregenda Vermouth is a Mediterranean journey in a bottle. 100% Albana