Vigne Marina Coppi Marine Favorita 2021

Vigne Marina Coppi Marine Favorita

Region: Piedmont, Italy

Vintage: 2021

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Favorita

ABV: 13.5%

Intensely straw-coloured, this wine displays bright aromatics of rennet apples, peach and meadow grass. The palate is full, round, balanced and smooth with a persistent finish.

This wine is dedicated to the two Marinas in the family: Marina Coppi, the grandmother, and Marina Bellocchio, the granddaughter, who was born on the eve of the first harvest. The grapes come from the nearby "Gabetto" vineyard and an old vineyard in the Madonna locality which is in the nearby village of Carezzano in the Colli Tortonesi. There are marked diurnal temperature differences, as well as distinct seasonal differences, and one of the lowest rainfalls in Piedmont. Favorita was probably brought to Piemonte from Liguria, where it is known as Vermentino.

Upon reception, the grapes were softly crushed and pressed. Alcoholic fermentation took place slowly at around 15°C, and afterwards the wine was matured for 10 months on lees in stainless steel refrigerated tanks with occasional bâtonnage.

Marina Coppi is the daughter of the legendary cyclist Fausto Coppi, the first man ever to win the Giro d‘Italia and the Tour de France in the same year. Although vines have always been planted at Castellania, a small village in south-eastern Piemonte, it was only when Marina’s son Francesco, along with his wife Anna, took over the property that they began bottling their own wine. They focus on the native varieties of Barbera, Nebbiolo, Croatina, Freisa, Favorita and Timorasso to make wines that are vibrant and well defined.

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