Di Majo Norante

Don Luigi Riserva

Don Luigi Montepulciano del Molise Riserva DOC bottle image
Don Luigi Montepulciano del Molise Riserva DOC bottle image

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Di Majo Norante

Don Luigi Riserva

Made from 90% Montepulciano and 10% Aglianico grown in estate vineyards in the southeastern region of Molise. After the harvest, the grapes are pressed and macerated 20-25 days with the skins, to obtain greater color and flavor extraction. Afterwards, the wine is transferred into Allier and Tronçais barriques where it ages for 12-18 months.

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Tasting Notes

Don Luigi was made in tribute to Don Luigi Di Majo Norante, the patriarch of this estate. Don Luigi is rich, intense and lush, offering a well balanced combination of ripe wild berries and prunes and complex aromas of charcoal, cocoa, licorice and vanilla

Food Pairing

Best enjoyed with baked pasta dishes, steaks and grilled meats.

Made from 90% Montepulciano and 10% Aglianico grown in estate vineyards in the southeastern region of Molise. After the harvest, the grapes are pressed and macerated 20-25 days with the skins, to obtain greater color and flavor extraction. Afterwards, the wine is transferred into Allier and Tronçais barriques where it ages for 12-18 months.

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Tasting Notes

Don Luigi was made in tribute to Don Luigi Di Majo Norante, the patriarch of this estate. Don Luigi is rich, intense and lush, offering a well balanced combination of ripe wild berries and prunes and complex aromas of charcoal, cocoa, licorice and vanilla

Food Pairing

Best enjoyed with baked pasta dishes, steaks and grilled meats.

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[B]oasts an inky ruby/purple color in addition to a sweet nose of black fruits, spice box, creosote, and vanilla. Full-bodied, dense,and chewy, with sweet tannin and well-integrated alcohol.
Wine Advocate
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Inviting nuanced nose of blackberry, roasted plum, licorice, graphite, dark chocolate and nutty oak. Sweet, lush and generous, with spicy blackberry flavor over a solid spine. Very suave, persistent wine, finishing with fine tannins and strong chocolatey oak...has the signature of a Riccardo Cotarella wine: supple mouth feel, a chewy impression of extract, and rather soft tannins.
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Vineyard & Production Info

Production area/appellation:
Molise DOC
Vineyard name:
The Martarosa vineyard
Vineyard size:
12 acres
Soil composition:
Clay and limestone
Training method:
Spur pruned cordon
Elevation:
390 feet
Vines/acre:
1600
Exposure:
Southeastern
Year vineyard planted:
1965
Harvest time:
October
First vintage of this wine:
1968
Bottles produced of this wine:
22

Winemaking & Aging

Maceration length:
20-25
Varietal composition:
90% Montepulciano and 10% Aglianico
Fermentation container:
Stainless steel tanks
Fermentation temperature:
65-75 °F
Type of aging container:
Barriques
Size of aging container:
225 L
Length of aging before bottling:
12-18 months
Length of bottle aging:
6 months

Analytical Data

pH level:
3.65
Acidity:
5.81 g/L
Alcohol:
13.8 %
Dry extract:
38.3 g/L
Residual sugar:
2 g/L
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