Rosso 'Botrosecco' Le Mortelle-Antinori 2023

The "Botrosecco" Red is a wine made from a typical blend of the Tuscan Maremma, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc, the result of Antinori's centuries-old experience in producing great reds. Indeed, Le Mortelle is one of the estates acquired over the decades by the Antinori family, with the intent to create a responsible production with very little impact on the environment. The "Botrosecco" is a harmonious label, where the territorial characteristics, the aromas reminiscent of the Maremma vegetative scrub, combine with notes derived from maturation in wood, giving rise to a very pleasant olfactory profile.

This "Botrosecco" Red is born from a skillful blend that Antinori creates within the cellar of the Le Mortelle estate, where Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc happily come together. The vines of these two varieties grow in the vineyards surrounding Castiglione della Pescaia, characterized by a terroir where silica, clay, and skeleton alternate from parcel to parcel. The grapes, once harvested, carry out alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in wood, macerating for about 15 days with periodic pump-overs. The aging takes place in barrique, and lasts for 12 months, after which the bottling operations are carried out.

The "Botrosecco" is a Red wine that reveals itself to the eye with a particularly intense color, reminiscent of ruby red notes. The bouquet of aromas that envelops the nose is a mix of sensations of Mediterranean scrub and tertiary aromas, derived from aging. On the palate, it is full-bodied, delicate, with a finely integrated tannic structure, and with a sip that, in the finish, is characterized by a taste. A bottle that the Antinori winery produces at the Le Mortelle estate, within the Tuscan Maremma, not far from Castiglione della Pescaia, under the banner of sustainability criteria aimed at protecting these beautiful landscapes.