Wine News - Vino Noceto Sangiovese Two

The Element Of Surprise

We all like surprises, don’t we? Of course we do.

With this deal, you’ll be able to plan whole meals and events around two of the best wines Vino Noceto has two offer. The 2006 Riserva Sangiovese, for example, with its rich flavor or dark cherry-berry and hints of oak and leather go wonderfully with the grilled meats of summer or a romantic pasta dinner. And the 2007 Noceto Sangiovese’s medium body, dark plum and cranberry flavors, and subtle oak and peppery spice would be perfect for bringing to a friendly summer get-together.

But there are some things in life you just can’t plan for, things like the two random wines you’ll be receiving from Vino Noceto’s Limited-Production Single Vineyard Sangiovese’s selection. Sure, you’ll know you’re getting two of four premium wines, but which ones? Anything could happen, after all.

For instance, a butterfly could flap its wings at just the right moment, sending pollen into the nostrils of the wine selector, causing a sneezing fit that causes him to grab a bottle of medium-full bodied and deep dark fruit-flavored 2006 Reward Ranch Sangiovese. But, wait! If he just happened to take his allergy medication that morning, fate may lead him to choosing the 2006 Misto Sangiovese, sending a wine made in the style of a traditional Chianti with tropical overtones and soft fruitiness to your doorstep instead.

Or perhaps that same wine selector will have gone to a bachelor party the night before and watched his girlfriend leap out of a giant cake. After a long night of questions and revelations, his grief over the loss of a relationship with someone he thought he could trust might guide his hand to the 2006 Hillside Sangiovese, with its elegant complexity of dark cherry flavors and overtones of sweet oak. Though, if they were able to patch things up, the new level of openness with his significant other might cause him to place the 2006 Marmellata Sangiovese in your package, allowing you to enjoy the jammy, spicy wonders and overtones of anise, chocolate, and coffee of this perennial customer favorite.

In whatever combination your Vino Noceto Sangiovese 2+2 4 Pack, you’re sure to the added surprise a lot more than the time your mother surprised you with a clown at your ninth birthday party. And also unlike that clown, you won’t end up nightmaring about it years later.

2006 Riserva Sangiovese

Bottled May 2008, released February 2009
Fermentation: 40-50% whole berry at 75-85-degrees F, for 7-10 days
Aging: 20 months in 20% new French puncheons and used 80% used French & American puncheons
Alcohol: 14.1% by volume
Appellation: 100% Shenandoah Valley, California
Selection: Blended by selecting blocks of superior fruit to provided the best wine we could make from the vintage. Noceto’s Super-Tuscan style Sangiovese
98% Sangiovese from five estate lots
2% Petite Sirah from neighboring vineyard
Awards: Double-gold medal winner, medaled in all seven fairs entered

2007 Noceto Sangiovese

Bottled February 2009, released October 2009
Fermentation: gently crushed, cold soak 1-2 days, 75-85-degrees F for 7-10 days
Aging: 14 months in 10% new French puncheons, 70% used French & American puncheons, 20% used French barrels.
Alcohol: 14% by volume
Appellation: Amador County
Selection: 100% Sangiovese, blending across twenty separate lots of Sangiovese, including six different Sangiovese clones
42% estate Sangiovese (Shenandoah Valley, CA)
38% neighboring Shenandoah Valley, CA vineyards
14.5% Hollister grapes (Gimelli Vineyard)
2.5% Penn Valley grapes
Awards: Silver medal winner (in only fair entered to date)

2006 Hillside Sangiovese (Random)

Bottled May 2008, released April 2009
Fermentation: 40-50% whole berry at 75-85-degrees F, for 7-10 days
Aging: 20 months in 20% new French puncheons and used 80% used French & American puncheons
Alcohol: 15% by volume
Appellation: 100% Shenandoah Valley, California (100% estate grapes)
Selection: 100% Sangiovese from the estate’s Hillside block planted in 1990. A single clonal selection, sourced from cuttings from Isole e Olena, Tuscany, Italy
Awards: Silver medal winner

2006 Marmellata Sangiovese (Random)

Bottled May 2008, released April 2009
Fermentation: 40-50% whole berry at 75-85-degrees F, for 7-10 days
Aging: 20 months in 20% new French puncheons and used 80% used French & American puncheons
Alcohol: 13.7% by volume
Appellation: 100% Shenandoah Valley, California (100% estate grapes)
Selection: 100% Sangiovese from the estate’s Marmellata block planted in 1989. A single clonal selection, sourced from cuttings from Biondi Santi, brought into this country in the late 1980’s by Robert Pepi

2006 Misto Sangiovese (Random)

Bottled May 2008, released April 2009
Fermentation: 40-50% whole berry at 75-85-degrees F, for 7-10 days
Aging: first 5 months in 25% French oak barrels & puncheons (50% new), 75% stainless. Next 14 months in French oak barrels & puncheons (30% new).
Alcohol: 15.5% by volume
Appellation: 100% Shenandoah Valley, California (100% estate grapes)
Selection:
88% Sangiovese (Chianti clone)
6.5% Trebbiano
3.5% Malvasia
2% Canaiolo Nero
Awards: Gold Medal winner

2006 Reward Ranch Sangiovese (Random)

Bottled May 2008, released April 2009
Fermentation: 40-50% whole berry at 75-85-degrees F, for 7-10 days
Aging: 20 months in 20% new French puncheons and used 80% used French & American puncheons
Alcohol: 14.1% by volume
Appellation: 100% Shenandoah Valley, California (estate grapes)
Selection: 100% Sangiovese from Reward Ranch, located less than a mile up Dickson Road from Vino Noceto. Chianti clone from Isole e Olena (cuttings taken from our very own Hillside block)
Awards: Silver medal winner

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