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The desire and courage to innovate are the characteristics of “Agricola Arrighi"
After 2000 years the first white wine in terracotta is back
Arrighi's Botte Gaia 10,
Artenova' white wine from Elba
In 2011, the Igt “Tresse”, an intense ruby red wine, was the first red from the island of Elba to be produced in terracotta, in an 800-litre amphora made by Artenova. Now the pioneering producers “Agricola Arrighi” of Pian del Monte in Porto Azzurro are back again to unveil the first white wine on the island to be made in terracotta. The official presentation should take place within days.
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"It's called Botte Gaia 10 and it was created exclusively to celebrate the 10th anniversary of activity of the restaurant “Botte Gaia” of Porto Azzurro, one of the top restaurants on the Island of Elba- explains Antonio Arrighi the owner of Agricola Arrighi (Porto Azzurro) - and it is the result of a new experiment conducted together with our winemaker: the vine we used is single varietal “Viogner” which was made entirely in terracotta “sur lie” with yeasts obtained from another wine, Eraora, made with Manzoni Bianco and Chardonnay grapes".
The white wine Botte Gaia 10 is also made entirely in Artenova amphorae. In his cellar of Pian del Monte Arrighi has four amphorae one 800-litre and three 200-litre jars which come all the way from the workshop in Impruneta.
Their red wine with the label name “Tresse” which is made in the 800-litre terracotta jar, derives its name from the initials of the three varieties of grape used: Syrah, Sangiovese and Sagrantino (Tre esse meaning 3 Ss). "Producing wine in terracotta - Arrighi emphasizes - has allowed us to enhance the flavour of the three grapes that make it up. However this wine did not originally come out as Tresse. With our winemaker were looking for a container with the same qualities as a barrel without its characteristic aromas. We asked ourselves why not try terracotta. In fact it is only since 2012 that this wine has been produced exclusively in Artenova amphorae. The first year of experimentation, in 2011, we made half of the wine in terracotta and half in wood to enable us to find out the sensory characteristics of each. When assembling we realized that we liked terracotta the best". |
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