Mamete Prevostini “Sommarovina” Sassella Valtellina Superiore 2016 (750ml/12)
- Winery: Mamete Prevostini
- Vintage: 2016
- Type: Red, Still, Dry
- Appellation: Valtellina Superiore
- Farming: Certified Sustainable
- Region: Lombardy
- Country: Italy
- Product ID: 105216
- Blend: 100% Nebbiolo
- Alcohol: 14%
- Sub-Appellation: Sassella in Sondrio
- Soil: 80% sand, 20% silt, granite
- Bottles Produced: 15,500
- Method: Hand Harvested
- Maceration: 15 days
- Pre-fermentation Techniques: Destemmed
- Fermentation Vessel: French Oak Barrels
- Malolactic Fermentation: Yes
- Time of Aging: 12 months
- Barrel Details: French Oak Barrels
- Length of time in bottle before release: 10 months
About Mamete Prevostini
After three years of regularly tasting this winery at Vinitaly, we were finally able to persuade Mamete Prevostini to join Massanois. The Prevostini family have been producing wine on the terraced slopes of Valtellina since the mid-1940s. The family had long owned an historic restaurant in Sondrio at the gateway to the Valtellina in far northern Italy, in the foothills of the Dolomites in Lombardy, for which they made some house wines from the local Nebbiolo (here called Chiavennasca) and reserve ...
Available Markets: New York, New Jersey, California, Massanois ImportsTasting Notes
Deep ruby red color with garnet shades. Fresh fragrance with hints of red fruits, hibiscus and rose supported by intense balsamic and spicy sensations. The taste is warm, persistent and elegant with a pleasant ending of licorice and almond, confirming it as a wine of character, austere and compact.