Sangiovese Wine
Sangiovese is a red grape variety cultivated throughout central Italy, especially in Tuscany, Umbria and Romagna, where it gives rise to wines of great personality, particularly appreciated for the dry and decisive flavor. These calcareous soils, with warm temperatures and dry environments, guarantee a high and constant yield after a bud break in the middle and a late ripening. From these vast areas planted with vines are obtained ideal table labels for daily consumption, as well as quality, the Superiore Doc up to the Bio and Riserva: on our website you can find a rich assortment, offered in different types selected from the products of the best wineries. Among these you will find the excellences of cantina i Sabbioni, renowned Italian company that owes its success to particular vineyards with a strong sandy component, from which are obtained wines with a refined and savory taste, recognized national and international prestige and awarded in the most important wine competitions.
Origins and history
Already known to the Etruscans, Sangiovese finds fertile ground for production in the areas of their domains of central Italy, not surprisingly its name is often referred to as Blood of Jupiter, with which this people pointed him around the seventh century BC to thank the gods for having granted such a gift of the earth. According to other myths it was the Romans who used the same name in reference to a wine produced in the area of Monte Giove, near the Rubicone, while sources dating back to the sixteenth century use similar words to indicate a type of high quality named by Giovan Vittorio Soderini in his Treatise on the cultivation of vines around 1590.
The first law to protect the vine was introduced in 1716, when the Grand Duke Cosimo II Dè Medici issued the regulations governing its production in Chianti, Carmignano, Pomino and Valdarno. True and proper expression of the wine making tradition of the central-northern regions, Sangiovese is now considered among the most representative productions, both wines of Emilia Romagna, than in the labels coming from the surrounding areas, a variety that has been able to show all its flavor, both in purity and in blend with other grapes.
Characteristics and recommended combinations
Sangiovese gives life to Excellent red wines, is appreciated for some unmistakable characteristics, capable of making it clearly recognizable, as its delicate bouquet of violet, rose, black cherry and cherry, accompanied by notes of undergrowth, fern, marjoram, truffle and mushrooms. The grapes of this variety are also excellent for the realization of white wines, in which it has a pale straw yellow color, the palate reveals a scent of white peach with saline nuances and denotes wild calls, which make it deep and particularly savory.
In the organic quality this wine expresses the purity of the production area, revealing elegance and grace with fragrant floral notes and delicate aromas, of great refinement and balance. On the palate it has a good and dynamic body, excellent in combination with ground and stuffed pasta and red meat as braised and roast beef. Also suitable for structured dishes, based on fatty fish from the Adriatic, Sangiovese is appreciated at the optimal service temperature of 16 ºC: choose from the quality bottles of our e-commerce and let yourself be conquered by our advantageous offers.
