Ferrari Perle Nero Riserva 2010
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Ferrari Perle Nero offers a seductive appearance in the glass, thanks to its brilliant golden yellow hue, rendered even more appealing by a dense perlage of tiny bubbles. The bouquet is rich and complex, displaying very intense notes of nuts, panettone, citrusy hints and a suggestion of salted butter. The palate reveals elegant structure and satisfying balance, giving way to a long, persistent finish with delicate toasted nuances and other, more spicy ones, reminiscent of panpepato cake.
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Made entirely with Pinot Nero, this gorgeous sparkler offers enticing scents of bread crust, pear, Alpine herb and yellow flower. Boasting layers of depth, the elegantly structured palate delivers creamy apple, citrus zest, white peach, pomegranate and brioche set against a silky, continuous perlage. Fresh acidity keeps it balanced, while the dry finish closes on a hint of white almond
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
This is Pinot Nero fermented off the skins. The 2010 Trento Metodo Classico Perlé Nero Riserva Extra Brut is a gorgeous wine with mid-weight structure followed by a firm and steely approach that would make it ideal for food pairing. It ages on the yeasts in bottle for at least six years. Aromas of crushed stone frame a core of citrus and peachy fruit. With just two grams of sugar per liter, you feel the tangy dryness of the elegant finish.
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Smoke-tinged toast and orange peel accents combine with sleek acidity to create a firm frame for this balanced version, which shows additional notes of cherry, spice and walnut skin. Drink now through 2024.
Mastering the art of Italian living is not difficult. Simply pop open a bottle of Ferrari, Italy’s most iconic sparkling wine, and you will find luxury, glamour, and undeniable quality in every sip.
Giulio Ferrari, a Trentino native, started his venerable sparkling wine house in 1902, after studying winemaking in France. Convinced that his native region’s terroir was ideal for growing Chardonnay, he produced three of his now best-known cuvées – Ferrari Brut, Perlé and Giulio Ferrari – as blanc de blancs. This innovative approach quickly paid off. Ferrari wines consistently receive some of Italy’s top accolades, including being awarded Tre Bicchieri 22 years in a row.
With its mountain viticulture (the Dolomites), Trentino is an area well-suited to the production of sparkling wines of great elegance and complexity. Large diurnal temperature range and high altitudes ensures high acidity and freshness in the grapes. With 300 acres of vineyards, Ferrari represents the largest estate in the Trentino region.
In 1952, Giulio Ferrari, having no children of his own, chose friend and local merchant Bruno Lunelli as successor for his beloved business. Today, the third generation of the Lunelli family is at the helm. Bruno Lunelli’s passion and entrepreneurial talent passed on to his sons, Franco, Gino and Mauro, who established Ferrari as the market leader in Italy and the nation’s celebratory wine par excellence. Production is in the hands of a capable team of eight winemakers and four agronomists, led by chief winemaker Marcello Lunelli. The pursuit of excellence in all areas of Ferrari production and management is an enduring family legacy with several cousins involved from the new generation: Marcello’s cousin, Matteo Lunelli, is the Chairman of Ferrari F.lli Lunelli SpA, Camilla Lunelli heads up global communications, and Alessandro Lunelli, an engineer by training, is responsible for planning and technical oversight. This generation leads the company with the aim of combining innovation and tradition, promoting Ferrari around the world as ambassadors of the Italian Art of Living.
Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.
The southern part of Italy’s northeastern Alpine region, Trentino, produces quality wines from international varieties. But its most exceptional native variety, Teroldego, with plantings concentrated around the sandy, gravelly, limestone soils of its Campo Rotaliano district, makes a deep purple-hued red wine with scents and flavors of wild blackberry, herbs, espresso and cocoa.