Tenute Cisa Asinari dei Marchesi di Gresy Barbaresco Martinenga DOCG 2020 Red Wine

Tenute Cisa Asinari dei Marchesi di Gresy Barbaresco Martinenga DOCG 2020 

Piedmont, Italy

750 ml

97 pts. Wine Enthusiast:

"Beautiful classic aromas of mixed cherries, tobacco, warmed spices and bay leaf enchant the senses. The refined and elegant palate offers a blend of warmed fruit and density, with an earthy, well-structured and mineral-driven finish."

94 pts. Wine Advocate:

"One of the appellation's classic wines, the Tenute Cisa Asinari dei Marchesi di Gresy 2020 Barbaresco Martinenga delivers a soft entry to the palate with subtle cherry and sweet raspberry. Those fruit tones are laced with dusty mineral and white licorice. The wine delivers medium-weight texture, but the finish remains long and polished over time."

94 pts. James Suckling:

"Extremely perfumed and pleasant on the nose with hibiscus, cherry blossom, orange peel and watermelon aromas that follow through to a medium body with very fine tannins with such lovely length. Beautiful. Very silky and fine. Exquisite."

93 pts. Wine Spectator:

"Offering cherry and strawberry fruit shaded by hay, eucalyptus, green tea and mineral notes, this broad, juicy and racy red tightens up, leaving a compact finish today. Needs time to open. Best from 2026 through 2043. 2,000 cases made, 600 cases imported."

FROM THE WINERY

Winery Owner(s): The di Grésy Family

Winemaker: Matteo Sasso

Winery Founded: 1973

Region: Piedmont

WINE STORY

In the heart of Barbaresco appelation, Martinenga is among the most important MeGA of the area, confining with Asili, on the western side, and Rabaja, towards northeast. A single vineyard of 11.93 hectares in an amphitheater shape. South-southwest exposure at an altitude between 220m and 290m a.s.l.

VINEYARDS & VINIFICATION

VINEYARD LOCATION: Barbaresco (CN)

ELEVATION:  220 to 290 m. a.s.l.

SOILS: Limestone and blue marl

TRAINING SYSTEM: Guyot

FARMING PRACTICES: Practicing Organic

AGE OF VINES: 35 - 40 years

YIELD:  7,000 kg per hectare

GRAPES: Nebbiolo 100%

POST-FERMENTATION PROCEDURES: 10 - 14 days fermentation with submerged cap

AGING CONTAINER: French oak/allier barriques (30% new + 70% used) & Slavonian oak casks

AGING TIME: 12 months in barriques and an additional 12 - 18 months in Slavonian oak casks

BOTTLE AGING TIME: 12 - 15 months

PRODUCTION: 15,000 - 20,000 bottles per year

ALCOHOL: 14 - 15%