1996 Colle Gaio, Colli di Catone, Lazio

1996 Colle Gaio, Colli di Catone, Lazio

Everything here is a little bit special, and this 23 year old bottling really is fascinating. Smokey and savoury, with amazing notes of wild mushrooms and pickled lime, this is incredibly fresh for a wine of this age. Excellent acidity drives it all forward. Excellent.

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Wine details

  • Region & country
    Italy
  • Maturity
    Mature 2020 - 2025info
  • Colour
    White
  • Style
    Still
  • Unit Volume
    Bottle (75cl.)
  • ABV
    13%
  • Classification
    IGT - Indicazione Geografica Tipica
Colli di Catone

Just a few miles to the southeast of Rome, Colli di Catone was founded in 1974 to seize the potential for making fine wines in Frascati, the area that supplied the eternal city for over 2,000 years, but where quality had dipped in the second half of the 20th century. Antonio Pulcini grows Malvasia del Lazio, the finest white grape in the appellation, in only the best hillside sites. The wines are then left to slumber in the cellar before release many years, if not decades, later, making them truly unique wine in Italy, and indeed the world.

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