Tohani Valahorum Paolo Mennini Negru de Dragasani

It is a dry wine named after Paolo Mennini, an Italian from Tuscany with an impressive story. A foreigner in love with Romania, Paolo found his second home in the wine-growing area of ​​Drăgășani. The grapes were selected from the only plot 1.7 ha with Negru de Drăgășani planted in 2009, harvested by hand in boxes and sorted rigorously. After the cold maceration of the must, followed the inoculation with selected yeasts and a periodic homogenization of the must in fermentation with the skin of the grapes. The young wine was aged in French oak second-year barrels, where it stayed for 18 months. Then a selection was made at the barrel, followed by the assembly of the wine. Thus we obtained about 5,000 liters, and the wine was bottle after a light filtration. Color: dense and bright red Bouquet: flavors primary black berry, blackberry and bitter black cherries Taste: a very well integrated wood, dense and velvety tannins, with chocolate notes, a long and persistent aftertaste Culinary combinations: red meat dishes, game, truffles, mushrooms, ducksbreast, matured cheeses Serving temperature 15 ° -17 ° C Optimal consumption period: high potential for aging, up to 10-15 years