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WHAT DO YOUNG WINE LOVERS AROUND THE WORLD DRINK?

Big changes in wine consumption. Emanuele Fiorio lets us discover young US wine lovers and Agivi demonstrates that the trends are more or less the same everywhere

young wine lovers in USA and in Italy and new trends

By Donatella Cinelli Colombini

<<In 2022 wine consumption in the USA decreased but consumers have grown significantly>> a statement that starts from IWSR data and refers to a consumer audience that grew by 14 million in 2022 alone against a drop in 2% of consumption. Numbers that require further study and, with the help of Emanuele Fiorio, on Wine Meridian, reveal some really interesting backgrounds.

YOUNG U.S. CONSUMERS DRINK LESS BUT BETTER

The US wine market is 45% made up of young people. Even if, for now, they are in the minority, they are the future. Furthermore, these wine lovers should also be kept an eye on for another reason: very often, they anticipate global trends. This is as true in music as it is in clothing and, as far as wine is concerned, they have two mottos in mind: moderation and premiumisation. That is, drink less but better. Concepts that are connected to the growth in the consumption of no alcohol or low alcohol drinks but also to an overall health trend. The reduction in volumes makes it possible to focus on premium or prestige bottles which in fact have had good and excellent commercial performance.

ROSA DI TETTO IGT TOSCANA BY DONATELLA CINELLI COLOMBINI

The success of this  rosé brings with it a new demand for wines with more personality, territoriality and the imprint of the grape variety. Rosa di Tetto has these characteristics

Donatella Cinelli Colombini Sangiovese Tuscany

Fattoria del Colle has a long tradition of rosé wine. In the twentieth century it was called “Acqua di Tetto” but, Donatella Cinelli Colombini, taking over the management of the estate, in 1998 decided to abandon this name because it <<suggested a watered-down red>>.

She was inspired by two climbing roses which, for centuries, have grown by clinging to the facade of the villa and the farm chapel. These are the flowers visible on the label.

ROSA DI TETTO – NEW NAME AND NEW STYLE FOR THE FATTORIA DEL COLLE ROSÉ

The change of name also marked a stylistic change of this rosé towards a more refined, structured and long-lived type. Wine to drink throughout the meal where the imprint of Sangiovese was more marked.

The international success of rosé wines has brought with it the demand for wines richer in finesse, personality, with a greater imprint of the terroir of origin and of the grape variety.

In Donatella Cinelli Colombini’s winery, the first in Italy with an entirely female staff, a long process took place to give a greater personality to the rosé. Recently, this research has been particularly difficult due to two harvests with very few grapes and therefore with very little rosé wine. It was the excellent quality of the grapes that made the difference and now the winemakers Barbara Magnani, Sabrina Buzzolan and Giada Sani, after waiting two years, are pleased to offer you a very small series of 1,333 bottles of IGT Toscana Rosa di Tetto.

OFFER: FATTORIA DEL COLLE AT YOUR HOME

LEONE ROSSO BIO 2020 DOC ORCIA

A great harvest, 2020 will be remembered for the masks and the COVID. This vintage has given us a Leone Rosso Doc Orcia BIO rich in aromas, structure and pleasantness

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A RED LION SYMBOL OF THE ANCESTORS WHO FOUNDED THE FARM IN 1592

The Leone Rosso wine is dedicated to the ancestors of Donatella Cinelli Colombini who built Fattoria del Colle in 1592 and had a rampant lion on their coat of arms. The grapes for the Leone Rosso Doc Orcia are born right in the vineyards of the farm.

We are talking about the Socini or Sozzini family made up of jurists and philosophers. Two of them – Lelio (1525-1562) and Fausto (1539-1604) – have gone down in history for having held an important role among the European free thinkers who gave birth to Protestantism. It was precisely their opposition to the Church that led the family to ruin and the Colle farm to be confiscated. The property was repurchased by Donatella’s great-grandfather, the engineer Livio Socini around 1919.

94 Wine Spectator Insider for Brunello Prime Donne 2018

Brunello Prime Donne 2018 by Donatella Cinelli Colombini in the Wine Spectator Insider, the showcase that presents  previews of the best wines

Wine spectator Insider 94/100 Brunello 2018 Prime Donne

By Donatella Cinelli Colombini

The Insider arrives online to subscribers of the leading wine magazine, the Wine Spectator, published in New York and available worldwide. It contains, in preview, a small number of excellent and exemplary reviews. Being in the insider is an extremely important opportunity because  wine lovers all over the world open it and look at it more carefully than they do the large lists of reviews that appear every month in the magazine.

A few days before Vinitaly the Brunello di Montalcino selection Prime Donne 2018 was in the Insider with a score of 94/100 and a beautiful description written by Bruce Sanderson Senior Editor and Tasting Director of the Wine Spectator and great expert of Tuscan wine and specifically of the Montalcino territory.

BRUCE SANDERSON FROM THE WINE SPECTATOR AND BRUNELLO 2018

Bruce Sanderson’s presentation of the 2018 vintage is masterful << Following the robust 2017s from Montalcino, with their dark fruit flavours and dense tannins, the 2018 releases of Brunello di Montalcino are a breath of fresh air. These new wines exude red fruit flavours like strawberry, cherry and currant, with plenty of floral notes such as rose hip and hibiscus>>.

According to Sanderson, 2018 is a decidedly classic vintage that recalls the best of the late twentieth century. I think the same and I find it beautiful how the US critic thinks of wine as an interpretation of nature that changes every year and which every producer reads with his own  sensitivity. It makes one think of the work of the conductor who respects the composer’s score but adds his own interpretation to it and therefore updates it.

Chianti Superiore DOCG 2020 BIO

HOW LONG DOES AN OPENED BOTTLE LAST?

It depends on the wine and on the way in which the bottle is treated, sucking out the air or by introducing an inert gas. The great red wines better than the whites

quanto dura una bottiglia aperta? Fattoria del Colle Doc Orcia Cenerentola

By Donatella Cinelli Colombini

Nowadays no one consumes a bottle in a single meal. In compliance with health standards (half a bottle a day in two meals for men and even less for women) it is difficult for even two to finish the bottle before getting up from the table. For this it is necessary to keep the wine in an optimal way until the next time of consumption. But how long can it be kept?

WHAT DOES THE DURATION OF THE WINE IN AN OPEN BOTTLE DEPEND ON?

To answer this question, I follow the trail of wein.plus inviting the most passionate wine lovers  to read the entire article that I summarize here. There are components in wine that make it durable: extracts, alcohol and acids. The extracts are the noble parts of the wine skin which dissolve during fermentation and pass into the wine. Obviously their presence in the wine varies according to the grape variety and the terroir, but there is a direct correlation between ripening, the calibre of the grapes and the climate. If the grapes are perfectly ripe, the rains have not increased the size of the grape berries and there have not been strong perturbations which, causing temperatures to drop, have stiffened the skins … then we will have musts and wines rich in colour and extracts. Once upon a time this rarely happened today it is almost normal, at least here in Montalcino and in the Doc Orcia areas.

OFFER: ROSSO DI MONTALCINO 2021 FROM CASATO PRIME DONNE

For club members, a wine suitable for aperitifs, for lunches based on tasty Tuscan dishes but also for a  pizza with mushrooms, or between meals with Tuscan pecorino and semi-seasoned fontina cheese.

Montalcino cantina Casato Prime Donne Rosso di Montalcino 2021

A WINE THAT SETS A TREND

Donatella Cinelli Colombini presents you the Rosso di Montalcino 2021 born in an amazing year and which is also appreciated by young Wine Lovers for its drinkability and pleasant and understandable style. A growing market demand has led to the creation of an event that highlights it: “RED Montalcino” which will be held every year in June. An event that aims to give a distinctive personality to a wine that until a few years ago was considered a “second choice”. In reality, the new consumer trends favour wines with more of a local, vine and vintage imprint, that is, elements that are less easy to find in denominations that have spent more than two years in barrels and aim for majestic longevity.

CASATO PRIME DONNE IN MONTALCINO

Casato Prime Donne is a 40-hectare property on the north side of Montalcino. It belonged to the ancestors of the current owner Donatella Cinelli Colombini, already at the end of the sixteenth century. It was once used for hunting and for honeymoons, today it is dedicated to wine and is made up of 17 hectares of vineyards, all  Sangiovese variety.  At the centre is the cellar which is the first in Italy with a staff of only women. Even the Rosso di Montalcino label emphasizes the family nature of this property with the three doves symbolizing Donatella, her husband Carlo and their daughter Violante.