Castello della Sala San Giovanni Orvieto Classico Superiore 2024

Castello della Sala San Giovanni Orvieto Classico

Tasting Note

San Giovanni della Sala 2024 is a bright straw yellow colour with delicate green hues, a positive indication of its freshness and vibrancy. The nose offers a refined aromatic profile: elegant notes of white flower blossoms are accentuated by fruity hints of white peaches and citrus fruit especially limes and yellow grapefruits. The palate is mouth filling with a well-balanced structure that combines freshness and suppleness. The palate closes with lively acidity and impressions of citrus fruit for an appealing harmonious finish.

Producer

The Antinori family have been producing wine in Tuscany for six centuries, and exporting it for four; that’s twenty-six generations of uninterrupted family ownership. The first recorded mention of the family dates from 1188, when they worked in the silk trade. They moved to Florence in the early thirteenth century, and remain central figures in the fabric of the city; Piazza Antinori is the square in the historic centre where their offices are located.

Winemaking was added to the family’s activities in 1385, and during the sixteenth century the wines spread, along with Antinori’s reputation, to France, Flanders, Spain and North Africa. The purchase of the Tignanello estate in 1900 marked the beginning of a remarkable period of expansion, which shows no signs of abating. Through judicious acquisition of vineyards and an uncanny knack for developing iconic wines, Antinori has become Tuscany’s – arguably Italy’s – pre-eminent wine producer, with an important presence in Piedmont, Lombardy, Umbria and Puglia. Marchese Piero Antinori sums up the company’s outlook thus: “Ancient roots play an important role in our philosophy, but they have never held back our spirit of innovation.”

Tuscany and Umbria are the regions where Antinori has the highest concentration of vineyards, totalling almost 1,400 hectares of prime sites. Some of the wines – Badia a Passignano, Pèppoli, Tignanello and Solaia – are each the product of a single estate, while Villa Antinori and the Vin Santo are blends of selected lots from several of the family’s vineyards, including the flagship Tenuta Tignanello site.

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