Schioppettino Casella 2018
Casella

Schioppettino Casella 2018

Schioppettino by Casella is an elegant, fresh and spicy red wine, aged for 24 months in barriques. The bouquet is composed of red fruits and marked by an intense and territorial peppery and toasted nuance. The taste is very typical: structured, intense, fresh and pleasantly tannic

18,20 

Features

Denomination

Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC

Vines

Schioppettino 100%

Tipologia

Alcohol content

13 %

Format

75 cl Bottle

Vinification

Alcoholic fermentation with contact with the skins for 8-10 days

Aging

24 months in barrique, then 6 months in bottle

Additional Notes

Contains sulfites

SCHIOPPETTINO CASELLA 2018 DESCRIPTION

The Schioppettino by Casella is one of those wines that preserve and jealously guard a typical territoriality and a truly enviable. From vine virtually forgotten and risk to extinction, in recent years Schioppettino rose to prominence becoming one of the great red wines of Friuli for excellence. And this work of discovery has been made possible thanks to the advent of producers like Casella; wineries who understood the cultural importance that was being lost and that they made it their own, this wine represents a contemporary version of the tradition and history. We are at Albana di Prepotto on vines that have several decades of history and vintages behind; those of Schioppettino are 40 years old and are located on soils rich in clay and marl. And here, a few steps from the border with Slovenia, which comes this Schioppettino, a great red wine from Friuli that after a 10-day maceration on the skins is matured for 24 months in barrique. A time when the wine is aged and in which, resting, develops the fruity spiciness and the characteristic that, at the end, in the mouth a pleasant hint of white pepper. And it’s the characteristic of Schioppettino, its most beautiful expression of typicality. A typical box that conserves and offers thanks to the passion, experience, sweat and toil. A typical that hit us.

Colour

Intense ruby ​​red with violet hues

Scent

Notes of small red fruits, with a spicy note reminiscent of pepper and nutmeg, roasted finish on notes of coffee

Taste

Intense, beautiful freshness, elegant and pleasantly tannic

Temperature
18°-20°C
When to open
To enjoy it at its best, we recommend you to let the wine 'breathe' at least 15-30 minutes before serving
When to drink
Wine good to drink now, but that can have a beautiful evolution after resting for a while in your cellar
Glass
Large goblet
Perfect for red wines with good structure and intensity, which need oxygenation to open up and develop their intense and complex aromas
Longevity
You can easily leave it in you cellar for 3-4 years

Casella

Foundation Year1960
WinemakerLino Casella
AddressAzienda Agricola Lino Casella, Via Pietro Zorutti, 7 - 34070 Dolegna del Collio (GO)

Perfect to drink with

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Pasta Bolognese

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Risotto with Meat

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Risotto with Mushroom

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Roasted and Grilled Meat