Great performance for Marujo 2016, the pure Syrah wine, produced by Casteani Estate of Gavorrano (Grosseto), who won the Platinum medal with 97/100 from "Decanters”, the English magazine that has been organizing the “Decanter World Wine Awards”, one of the most prestigious wine competitions in the world, with the contribution of the most authoritative experts and professionals in the wine business. The award is internationally recognized for the reliability of the rigorous tasting and selection process. And Casteani's Syrah is an important recognition for the Maremma land, one of the youngest wine-growing areas in Tuscany, but with enormous potential. The bet was won by Mario Pelosi, an engineer, who 20 years ago started the Casteani Estate from scratch, a new winery on land that was already mining, relying on the quality of the territory and its great resources.
«That of Gavorran is a territory capable of creating great grapes and great wines - observes Pelosi - a complex terrain of gravel, clay, silt, hilly, difficult, almost heroic. But able to give its grapes a strong and distinctive character, characteristics that are very present in the bunches of Syrah which, planted in 2006, is entering its full maturity expressing wines of great power and refinement. The Syrah is fermented in terracotta jars from Impruneta which allow the must to undergo micro-oxygenation without the influence of the tannins from the wood. The wine is left to rest in contact with the skins for several weeks before racking, allowing for greater extraction of anthocyanins and polyphenols and after racking, it rests for another 12 months, always in amphora». The method is new but takes up the millenary Etruscan tradition in a modern key. In the nearby Etruscan necropolis in ancient amphorae cataloged from about 4000 years ago grape seeds were found as proof that this land was already cultivated millennia before and then, after the Roman domination, almost abandoned.
And in fact, explains Pelosi, «we have rediscovered the great Etruscan tradition which was very flourishing in these areas 2000 years before the birth of Christ, as scholars have been able to verify by analyzing the contents of some amphorae found during excavations in the necropolis of the area . A great tradition almost contemporary to the Greek one, which demonstrates how the Maremma was one of the first areas where vines were grown in Italy. This diversity, rediscovered for about 30 years in this area, has allowed us to deepen a new production methodology which, with our oenologists Attilio Pagli and Laura Zuddas, has given us remarkable results culminating in this important international recognition which honors us, but above all honors the oenology of the Grosseto Maremma». The Marujo 2016 has a deep and brilliant ruby red colour. Excellent olfactory complexity ranging from red fruits, accompanied by earthy notes, pungent black pepper, leather and Mediterranean scrub, up to the floral violet. Wide and enveloping mouth with a long finish, supported by excellent acidity and flavor. Pleasantly silky tannins. Analytical parameters: alcohol 14 vol.; total acidity 5,0 g/l; residual sugars 0,8 g/l.
This year the big awards Decanter they went for the Best in Show at the Bolzano Mumelter Riserva Cabernet 2016 winery; Cenatiempo Kalimera 2017; Cigliano Chianti Classico Riserva 2016; Claudio Alario Sorano Barolo 2015; Domìni Veneti Vineyards of Jago Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2013.
Platinum medals: Agostino Pavia & Sons The Marescialla Barbera d'Asti Superiore 2016; Beatesca Brunello di Montalcino 2013; Bruno Rocca Rabajà Barbaresco 2015; Cantina Sanpaolo by Claudio Quarta Riserva Taurasi 2013; Capezzana Riserva Carmignano Vin Santo 2011; Colosi Secca del Capo Salina 2018; Donnafugata Passito di Pantelleria 2016; Fattoria di Petroio Poggio ai Grilli Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2015; Fontanafredda Property in Fontanafredda Barolo 2015; Gagliole Pecchia Colli of Central Tuscany 2015; Lunae Closed issue Vermentino Colli di Luni 2015; Marchesi Mazzei Castello Fonterutoli Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2016; Marchesi Mazzei Ser Lapo Chianti Classico Riserva 2016; Massimo Rattalino Barbaresco 2015; Mauro Molino Conca Barolo 2015; Mill of Sant'Antimo Brunello di Montalcino 2014; Monte Rossa Cabochon Franciacorta 2013; Musso Pora Barbaresco 2016; Podere di Brancaia Il Blu 2015; Poggio al Sole Casasilia Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2015; Quintodecimo Vigna Quintodecimo Riserva Taurasi 2014; Ridolfi Donna Rebecca Brunello di Montalcino 2014; Ruffino Romitorio di Santedame Chianti Classico Gran Selezione 2015; Siddùra Bèru Vermentino di Gallura Superiore 2016; Casteani Marujo Syrah 2016 estate; San Jacopo Caprilius Estate 2015; Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva 2013; Tiefenbrunner Rachtl 2016; Vignalta Alpianae Passito Fior d'Arancio Colli Euganei 2015; Villa Pinciana Terraria 2013.
The Gold Medals: Allegrini La Grola 2016; Baglio del Cristo di Campobello Laudàri 2017; Batasiolo Briccolina Barolo 2015; Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Valpantena 2016; Borgo Conventi Friulano 2017; Ca' by Rajo Marina 2016; Campo Sughera Adèo 2016; Bolzano Taber Riserva Lagrein 2016 winery; Cantina San Paolo Sanctissimus 2016; Cantina Valle Isarco Aristos Grüner Veltliner 2017; Cantine Lombardini Il Signor Campanone 2018; Cantine San Marzano Cinquanta Collection; Capannelle Solar 2013; Castello di Meleto Vigna Casi Chianti Classico Riserva 2015; Castello di Oliveto Riserva Vin Santo del Chianti 2007.
