Taddeo IGT "Passito Affumicato" Acini Scuri

From the selection of individual grapes that have been dried for over four months, the ones that are richest in sugar and have a more pronounced smoky aroma are taken to become the Taddeo passito.

Sweet, amber-coloured wine, sometimes even loaded, with an extraordinary bouquet of dried figs, ripe fruit preserves, a round and harmonious wine. Meditation wine.

It takes its name from Taddeo Zuccari, a famous 16th century painter born in Sant'Angelo in Vado and, without doubt, the most illustrious Vadese known...Taddeo is almost a torbato (peat wine) that makes one meditate alone or in good company, perhaps in front of a lit fireplace, a unique and unforgettable wine.

It is a wine of passion for genuine, fine, elegant things that slows down the rhythms of everyday life, of great olfactory and gustative persistence, difficult to make and only in very few quantities, a wine that...first amazes and...then...makes you fall in love.

Winemaking and ageing: The grapes are hung in single bunches for 4 to 5 months in rooms where a fireplace is lit from time to time for smoking. This is followed by manual selection of the berries and a three-stage pressing for a total of 15 hours from which we obtain three selections. The must is chilled for 5 days to decant the coarse lees, then, almost limpid, it is sent into fermentation. At the end of this phase, it is transferred to drained 115-litre demi-barrels where it matures for a minimum of 48 months. Then, unfiltered, it is prepared and bottled.

Grape: Antico Trebbiano.

Colour: Deep amber.

B bouquet: Intense, complex, of dried figs, ripe jam, toasted notes.

Flavour: Sweet, pleasantly peaty, balanced, persistent.

Serving: On medium-sized glasses at 14° best opened early.

Pairings: Exceptional on its own, chocolate or dry cakes, fruit tarts.

Packaging: Cardboard box - 6 bottles