Winery F.lli GrassoAlter Ego Nerello Mascalese
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Alter Ego Nerello Mascalese of the Winery F.lli Grasso is in the top 10 of wines of Recioto della Valpolicella.
Details and technical informations about Winery F.lli Grasso's Alter Ego Nerello Mascalese.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat Valvin
Interspecific crossing between the muscat du moulin or 299-35 Couderc (Pédro Ximénès x 603 Couderc (carignan noir x vitis rupestris) and the muscat ottonel obtained in 1962 by Bruce Reisch and Thomas Henick-Kling at the Experimental Station of the Cornell University - Geneva - New York (United States) Apart from this country, it is almost unknown in other wine-producing countries.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Alter Ego Nerello Mascalese from Winery F.lli Grasso are 2014
Informations about the Winery F.lli Grasso
The Winery F.lli Grasso is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Recioto della Valpolicella to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Recioto della Valpolicella
The wine region of Recioto della Valpolicella is located in the region of Valpolicella of Vénétie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Quintarelli Giuseppe or the Domaine Bertani produce mainly wines sweet, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Recioto della Valpolicella are Rondinella, Corvina and Molinara, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Recioto della Valpolicella often reveals types of flavors of cherry, pepper or leather and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, cream or oaky.
The wine region of Veneto
Veneto is an important and growing wine region in northeastern Italy. Veneto is administratively Part of the Triveneto area, aLong with its smaller neighbors, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In terms of geography, culture and wine styles, it represents a transition from the Alpine and Germanic-Slavic end of Italy to the warmer, drier, more Roman lands to the South. Veneto is slightly smaller than the other major Italian wine regions - Piedmont, Tuscany, Lombardy, Puglia and Sicily - but it produces more wine than any of them.
The word of the wine: Old vines
There are no specific regulations governing the term "vieilles vignes". After 20 to 25 years, the yields stabilize and tend to decrease, the vines are deeply rooted, and the grapes that come from them give richer, more concentrated, more sappy wines, expressing with more nuance the characteristics of their terroir. It is possible to find plots of vines that claim to be a century old.
