Tazzelenghe – Le Due Torri – 2016

The Tazzelenghe from the Le Due Torri winery 

The Tazzelenghe from the Le Due Torri winery is a red wine made from 100% Tazzelenghe grapes. This is an indigenous Friulian wine unknown to most. It is a long-lived, full-bodied, elegant wine that should be preserved and discovered over the years. You will be surprised by its freshness.

We are in Corno di Rosazzo, an area of Friuli in the heart of the DOC Friuli, particularly suited to cultivating vines. Here, the winemakers are of few words but very attached to their land and traditions.

Another watchword of the Le Due Torri winery is biodiversity; four hectares of natural forest embrace the vineyards, creating a unique microclimate.

THE WINEMAKING

The harvest at Le Due Torri is always manual; in this case, it takes place during the first ten days of October and once selected, the best grapes are taken to the cellar for winemaking. The grapes macerate for 30 days and then ferment in steel with the addition of selected yeasts. The refinement lasts about 36 months with weekly bâtonnages and takes place in 500-litre tonneaux and 225 litre barruque of cherry wood and medium-toasted French oak. After blending and bottling, the wine rests in the cellar for a few more months before being placed on the market.

Tasting the wine of the winery

Intense ruby red with violet reflections; the aroma is intense with pleasant hints of red fruits such as cherries and berries, leaving room for spicy notes and hints of liquorice. The palate is full-bodied with marked but smooth tannins thanks to the thirty-six months of cherry and oak wood ageing. Elegant, fresh and well-structured. The correspondence between aromas and flavours is excellent. A wine that must be discovered over time; buy a couple of extra bottles and leave them in the cellar for a few years.

FOOD PAIRINGS

Excellent with red meat and game. It’s also worth trying with mature and blue cheeses.