Di Majo Norante

Sassius

Aglianico & Aglianico-based Blends
Di Majo Norante Sassius
Di Majo Norante Sassius

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Di Majo Norante

Sassius

Aglianico & Aglianico-based Blends

This wine is named after Tillius Sassius, the ancient owner of the district where Di Majo Norante stands today. The image on the label represents an ancient limestone head from the 5th century BC found at the Samnite theater of Pietrabbondante.

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Tasting Notes

Ruby Red in color. On the nose, this wine is a very complex bouquet with notes of wild cherry, black currant, violets, and sweet spices with hints of licorice, tobacco, and cacao. The palate is powerful, elegant, and soft, with well-integrated tannins and a very long finish. 

Food Pairing

Thanks to the wine's structure and pleasant acidity, this wine is ideal with red meats, game, haute cuisine dishes, and aged cheeses.

This wine is named after Tillius Sassius, the ancient owner of the district where Di Majo Norante stands today. The image on the label represents an ancient limestone head from the 5th century BC found at the Samnite theater of Pietrabbondante.

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Tasting Notes

Ruby Red in color. On the nose, this wine is a very complex bouquet with notes of wild cherry, black currant, violets, and sweet spices with hints of licorice, tobacco, and cacao. The palate is powerful, elegant, and soft, with well-integrated tannins and a very long finish. 

Food Pairing

Thanks to the wine's structure and pleasant acidity, this wine is ideal with red meats, game, haute cuisine dishes, and aged cheeses.

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The 2016 Anglianico Riserva Sassius is dark and brooding, requiring coaxing to reveal its haunting bouquet. Mentholated herbs and hints of white smoke evolve into black raspberries and cloves. This is velvety in feel yet not weighty, with citrus-laced red and black fruits riding a core of cooling acidity. Saline minerals add a more tactile feel toward the close. Still tannic despite its late release, this leave an air of tobacco and inner rose tones on the long finish. This is my second time tasting the 2016 Sassius, and I’m happy to report that the oak is integrating beautifully.
Vinous
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“The 2016 Sassius is impossible to ignore, with a dark and brooding mix of black currants, rum cake, mocha and spice lifted by a whiff of mentholated herbs. This is seamlessly silky, almost creamy in feel, with a cacao and cinnamon tinge to its tart red and black fruits. The Sassius finishes dramatically long and staining with ginger cookies and dried black cherries notes. Grippy tannins tug at the cheeks. The 2016 is a beast of an Aglianico that is deeply inflected by oak sensations. That said, I can’t fault the wine's balance, if it's your style.”
Vinous

Vineyard & Production Info

Soil composition:
calcareous
Elevation:
557 feet
Exposure:
Southeast
Harvest time:
late harvest
Bottles produced of this wine:
5,000
Average Vine Age:
40 years

Winemaking & Aging

Maceration length:
20 days
Varietal composition:
100% Aglianico
Fermentation container:
stainless steel tanks
Maceration technique:
daily pump over for a gentle extraction from the skins of quality compounds: polyphenols and coloring substances.
Malolactic fermentation:
full in barriques
Fining agent:
no
Length of aging before bottling:
24 Months
Length of bottle aging:
48 Months
Total SO2:
90

Analytical Data

pH level:
3.56
Acidity:
6.6 g/L
Alcohol:
15 %
Total SO2:
90
Residual sugar:
3 g/L
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Di Majo Estate
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Di Majo Estate
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