The passage of time is in all places in Tuscany. It’s plain to see within the medieval towers of the attractive, hilltop city of San Gimignano. Likewise, you possibly can see it within the Vernaccia vines which have carpeted these undulating hillsides since they have been a part of the Medicis’ Republic of Florence. And it’s proper on the coronary heart of the ethos of Panizzi vineyard – and has been for the reason that starting.
When Giovanni Panizzi purchased a small winery simply outdoors the partitions of San Gimignano in 1979, he didn’t rush. As an alternative, he took a few years to good the model of his wines, not releasing the primary Panizzi Vernaccia di San Gimignano till 10 years later.
One grape, many expressions
It was well worth the wait. With a hanging, trendy label and beguiling flavours of straw, white flowers and salty minerality, the ‘Inexperienced Label’, as Panizzi’s youngest and freshest Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG is thought, informed the world that an bold new title had arrived on the scene with this historical selection.
Vernaccia has been grown in these rolling hills for hundreds of years – and Panizzi’s expertise with the variability ensures that it’s all the time in a position to present its character. Grown organically, these wines are the proper expression of the solar, breezes and terroir of the Tuscan slopes.
Panizzi’s ‘Inexperienced Label’ Vernaccia is unaged – a pure, racy expression of the variability. However the Vernaccia di San Gimignano Riserva DOCG takes the grape down a special path. Vines grown on a limestone plateau at 400m elevation give fruit of excellent depth and focus. That is then fermented in French oak barrels, the place it ages for 12 months, earlier than an additional seven months on the lees in impartial vessels and two extra years in bottle.
A wine of breadth, depth and texture, however nonetheless with traditional varietal minerality at its core, the Riserva Vernaccia could be 4 years previous upon launch, however it’s undoubtedly able to additional long-term ageing.
A ten-year wait
Panizzi takes this pursuit of ageability even additional with its ‘Ten Years After’ Riserva Storica challenge. Starting in 2011, this programme noticed Panizzi Riserva Vernaccia di San Gimignano wines left to age within the cellar for a decade earlier than launch. The following launch would be the 2016 – a wine crafted from experience, imaginative and prescient and extraordinary persistence.
Panizzi is a hanging instance of a vineyard that totally understands its area and its selection – and needs to discover each to the fullest extent. With its vary of Vernaccia wines – common winners of medals on the Decanter World Wine Awards – Panizzi embraces the passage of time to create a spread of actually nice Italian white wines.
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