{"title":"This Italian duo only just starting to get the attention they deserve","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fabulous white, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/swig.co.uk\/products\/clochard-la-calcinara-2024\"\u003eClochard La Clacinara 2024\u003c\/a\u003e, was dubbed \"A fine Italian substitute for white burgundy” by Jancis Robinson MW. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/swig.co.uk\/products\/yantra-tenuta-sette-cieli-2023\"\u003eYantra 2023 Sette Cieli\u003c\/a\u003e has been the favourite amongst all Bolgheri estate second wines in recent vintages, including Sassicaia Guidalberto, Ornellaia, Le Serre Nuove d'Ornellaia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe've tied the pair together with a nice discount, to share their brilliance with you, in case you are yet to discover!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"clochard-la-calcinara-2024","title":"Clochard La Calcinara 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Nutty nose. A fine Italian substitute for white burgundy” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eJancis Robinson MW.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo named Clochard, meaning vagrant in French for being produced from verdicchio vines that lie outside the Verdicchio Castelli DOC boundary. Never underestimate the outsider! This is really very smart- lime zest, spring hawthorn and apple blossom, with a fine, chalky element and touch of cardamon too. The palate is zippy and bursting with life - lime juice, a gentle bitter and creamy almond note, and briney freshness too, finishing long and with long, yellow-pepper accented tang. The calcareous soils of their land is certainly evident.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#Tasting#\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLocated in the rolling hills of Ancona in the Marche, on the eastern coast of Italy, La Calcinara is headed up by the high-spirited and talented Berluti siblings, Paolo and Eleonora.  Even spending just 5 minutes with them, their energy, enthusiasm and love of wine is infectious. Their 12 ha of vines and olive groves are farmed organically, and winemaking is minimal intervention, with only very low additions of SO2 at bottling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LA CALCINARA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55554298216834,"sku":"A4326124","price":23.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2466\/1541\/files\/BC_Upload_e880840f-859f-473b-adc9-3200235ccb15.jpg?v=1755080038"},{"product_id":"yantra-tenuta-sette-cieli-2023","title":"Yantra Tenuta Sette Cieli 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuper sleek with silky fine tannins, very dark fruits like blackberries and blackcurrants with interesting notes of graphite, liquorice and asphalt finishing with a herbal bittersweet note. The description of aromas and flavours would make you think of something like a big meaty St Estephe but this has a beautiful lightness of touch which makes it nuanced and very intriguing. Since\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 2019, it contains a higher proportion of grapes from young vines of Sette Cieli and an amount of the off-cuts of Indaco. It needs time to open up - so a good decant is helpful - and kept for 3 or 4 years, it should really be superb. But it will keep longer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e#Tasting#\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eSette\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eCieli\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e arrived on the Tuscan scene a few years after the boundary lines of the Bolgheri appellation had been drawn. At the time the boundary was set, no one thought someone would plant above the woods on the next hillside over from Sassicaia, but actually above Gaja's Bolgheri property, Ca' Marcanda. But they did. Originally intended as a place to breed horses and a family retreat. Wine-loving f\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eriends came to visit and pointed out Sassicaia’s original vineyard, under the castle, that you see when you look over your right shoulder, and then a bit to the left of that, the Masseto vineyard. So they started to plant vines in 2000, and since 2012, the young Ambrogio Cremona Ratti who inherited the domain has been at the helm. He brought in winemaker Elena Pozzolini who came back to the area after several years of international experience in Argentina and California, and they share some of the viticultural team of Ornellaia. As Matthew Jukes says \"this estate is a superstar in the making.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SETTE CIELI, TENUTA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55932023308674,"sku":"A4026123","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2466\/1541\/files\/Yantra_1024x1024_2a64bf7f-7770-4d38-b6bd-1ddb8d1f9410.webp?v=1762422204"}],"url":"https:\/\/swig.co.uk\/collections\/this-italian-duo-only-just-starting-to-get-the-attention-they-deserve\/grape-merlot.oembed","provider":"Swig Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}