Wine EST! EST!! EST!!! di Montefiascone DOC, 2008
Reviews of purchase EST! EST!! EST!!! di Montefiascone DOC, 2008
Tasting Notes
Straw yellow.
This wine has a powerful but silky taste with a pleasant aftertaste.
The wine has an intense and light floral aroma.
The wine goes well with salads, fish dishes and seafood.
Interesting Facts
ECT! Ect !! ECT !!! - Such an unusual name of this wine from Lazio got back in the 12th century. According to legend, Bishop Giovanni Defuk who accompanied the Emperor Henry V in one of his trips to Italy, sent in the direction of Montefiascone ahead of royal train his pageboy Martino to the heralded the arrival of the monarch and found the hotel, which serves the good wine. All these places Martino had to celebrate with the help of inscriptions Est! on the door. However, wine Montefiascone was so beautifully that one Est! for it was not enough, so three page written word and put an exclamation mark after the last of them.
Wine is also unusual in that it includes grapes Rochette - one of the oldest and longest species, whose roots lie in a family of Greek varieties, known in ancient Greece.
Grapes for wine growing plantations around Montefi, located at an altitude of 300 meters above sea level. They occupy a large area of 150 hectares. The soils are friable and rich in minerals. The average age of the vines is 20 years. Harvest time is determined by the values of the parameters of maturation, in particular the acidity and sugar, this usually occurs from early October to 20 October. Wine is not aged in barrels. Vinification and fermentation of wine are made in stainless steel vats.
Producer's description
The Falesco winery, owned by the brothers Riccardo and Renzo Cotarella, is located in Lazio, near Rome, near Lake Bolsena, in lands where wines were famous for their quality for centuries and were supplied to the courts of the Roman aristocracy and to the Vatican. The winery was founded in 1979. When in the late 1970s Ricardo Cotarella was looking for land to implement his plan, his choice, after a long study of the area and cultivated varieties, fell on the Poggio dei Gelsi vineyard, located on a lakeside slope, at an altitude of 400 meters above sea level. In addition to the exceptionally favorable position of the vineyard, facing southwest, and pebble soils, the oenologist was also attracted by the fact that ancient and rare varieties of white grapes were preserved in those places, including the once famous and almost extinct Rochetto. Falesco recently enriched his property with the acquisition of the Marcigliano estate, which occupies 260 hectares in the south of the picturesque hill of Orvieto in the municipality of Montecchio.
Both Cotarella brothers are oenologists. Riccardo Cotarella, one of the founders and owners of the Falesco Wine House, is a legendary figure in Italy. He was one of those who began the revival of Italian winemaking, working in almost all regions of the country. Today he advises 65 farms, including in France. However, unlike other “touring” oenologists of the first magnitude, Ricardo Cotarella, together with his younger brother Renzo, the general manager of the Antinori “empire,” has his own farm Falesco . His stellar wines, which year after year receive the highest ratings from peers, are perhaps the best proof of his skill. Riccardo Cotarella knows how to create wines both for meditation and to accompany dishes, which for the Italian mentality is perhaps more important than a self-sufficient product. In 2001, Ricardo Cotarella received the title of "Best Winemaker in Italy" , and in the same year, together with his brother Renzo Cotarella, the title of "Best Winemaker in the World" .
