Pinot wine: noir or grigio, it's always a pleasure

Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio of Great Quality

For an aperitif or an entire meal, a product of great quality can make each and every moment unique and encompass your nose, mouth and mind. Every day can end pleasantly with a bottle of Pinot wine. For this reason, one must rely on experts, who are quite familiar with these bottles. Enoteca Properzio offers only wines of great quality and the best production years, to be enjoyed alone or with company.

Best Pinot Noir wine

Pinot Noir comes from the oldest vines of this family of grapes, and its quality has been recounted throughout the centuries. Without a doubt, the fruity aroma, characterized especially by cherry and boysenberry scent (alongside cranberries, blackberries and wild strawberries), make this wine recognizable even by the lesser trained palates. Because of its peculiarities, this incredible wine bodes well with red and white meat. It is equally enjoyable when paired with balsamic vinegar, which will also present an exalted taste. A plate with a citrusy or forest-like taste will be the perfect side dish to fully appreciate this excellent wine. Spicy food is also an incredible match for Pinot Noir. Its great versatility allows it to be combined with fish, shellfish, and vegan dishes. Its grapes are certainly among the most vigorous in their family, so much so that its “noir” component specifically comes from their richness and intensity.

Some Pinot Noir are worth mentioning for their quality and expressiveness. Here are some examples: Pinot Noir bio Tili 2015, beloved for its richness, which pairs well with every season and moment of the day. Another example is Byron Nielson Vineyard 1998, from California, which bodes particularly well with hefty meals, such as game or red meat. Another noteworthy bottle is Malcompare Arnaldo Caprai 2015, a wonderful and unique Pinot, renowned for its aging potential.

Best Pinot Grigio wine

Pinot Grigio is the result of a particular mutation. This variety also requires care, although the final result is beloved and requested around the world. Depending on the harvesting grounds and on the vinification techniques, Pinot Grigio can vary in thickness and taste, though always maintaining its standards. It is an elegant and refined wine, the ideal companion for aperitifs or white meat and fish dishes. Its freshness and lightness allow for it to exalt heftier meals, as well, such as mixed fry. Its stronger varieties can be combined with risotto and cheese, as well as with spicier meals.

Pinot Grigio that is produced without maceration is clear. On the contrary, when maceration is present, the final result has a rosy color, which recalls red wine because of its tannins, while maintaining the freshness of a white wine. Among the higher quality products we cannot fail to mention the Plus Pinot Bastianich 2000: rich, complex and persistent, with a great elegance and softness. Another white wine worth mentioning is Barthenau Vigna S. Urbano Hofstatter, considered one of the best Pinot Grigio in Italy thanks to its exquisite taste: a bitter ending that is typical of the grapes that come from its vineyard.

This Tenuta Ornellaia wine is produced in the heart of the Tuscan Maremma, in Bolgheri, a perfect place where the local microclimate favors the development of the flavors that the future wine will take on. A land not far from the sea, which with its influence in the summer months brings the breeze that benefits the ripening grapes, while in the winter months the hilly area behind it protects from the cold winds coming from the north, making this microclimate ideal for the development of vines.

Masseto and Massetino wine: among the Tuscan excellences famous in the world

This premium tuscan wine comes from the hilly area of ​​Tuscany, a land that is synonymous with great wines, and the Masseto Toscana IGT has received this denomination because it’s produced with Merlot grapes that come exclusively from the geographical area of ​​the Maremma but with very specific requirements. Masseto wine presents itself to the eye as a deep and bright ruby ​​red color, while on the nose it is a feast of aromatic herbs smells combined with fruity notes of currant and blackberry, with hints of spices such as cinnamon, cardamom and white truffle. On the palate the taste is full and enveloping, the sensation it releases is characterized by balsamic returns. The finish leaves fruity and spicy memories.

Masseto wine is certainly a fine Italian wine because it’s considered a masterpiece of aromas and flavors, so much so that it is beaten in auction houses all over the world. The price of Masseto wine may vary according to the year of production and, obviously, how it was stored. Alongside this masterpiece, the “brother” stands out: the Massetino wine, whose cultivation (also in this case) is controlled step by step. Intense ruby ​​red color almost tending to garnet, the nose releases a fruity cherry nuance, while the taste is in perfect harmony between alcohol and freshness. Both the Massetino and the Masseto wine for sale on Enoteca Properzio are a bargain not to be missed. If you’re looking for the best price of Masseto you can’t miss such special bottles.

Masseto dell’Ornellaia: discovering the best vintages

Masseto wine 2013: a wine with an intense ruby ​​red color, ripe fruity notes that stand out on the nose with hints of vanilla and cocoa. On the palate the flavor is full-bodied with excellent tannic quality, the finish in the mouth leaves a delicate hint of cocoa.

Masseto wine 2014: a climatically difficult vintage as, after a mild and rainy winter and a regular spring which favored regular development of the vines and regular flowering, a cold and rainy August was recorded which caused many difficulties in the ripening of the grapes. grapes. However, thanks to a sunny and dry September, the harvest went smoothly, so as to obtain an exceptional wine. The scent is fresh, with hints of red berried fruits.

Masseto wine 2015: perfect year from a climactic point of view, which led to a wine with excellent characteristics such as balance between aroma and freshness. In the mouth it’s undoubtedly sensual and rich in tannin, with fruity notes and hints of cocoa.

Masseto wine 2016: a qualitatively excellent wine, with an intense color and an aroma of ripe dark fruit, with hints of cocoa and spices. The perfect mix of fruity notes and ripe tannins is immediately perceived on the palate.

The origins of the Tili cellars

The founder of the Tili family arrived here in Central Italy way back in 1200, as one of Barbarossa’s followers. And his descendants have never left. In 1978, following tradition and the family business, the owner of the company started to bottle the wine. His sole aim was to realise the dream of making the wine recognised, tasted and appreciated worldwide. And this is still happening down to today.

The Tili winery, which produces between 90,000 and 100,000 bottles a year, is now known in the United States, Japan, Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland and Germany. The Tili wines stand out as value products due to the calcareous terrain on which they are grown, a terroir that is particularly permeable and unable to hold rainwater. This enriches the organoleptic profile of the grapes with saline. The strength of this family’s vineyards derives from the excellent geographic and climatic conditions. This combined with special growing techniques and lack of pesticides and weed killers produces wines of the highest quality. Tili products include Assisi Bianco DOC, Assisi Grechetto DOC, Assisi Rosso DOC, Gaudium, Muffa Reale, Assisi Pinot Nero DOC, Sacreterre and Young Assisi Rosso DOC.