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<H1>Fattoria San Francesco, 2007 Ciro Rosso Classico, Gaglioppo -- SidewaysWineClub.com Shopping Cart</H1>
<B>$20.00</B>
-- <I>This exotic grape from Italy's Calabria provides and interesting wine of utmost complexity. Tremendous value!</I>
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<font face=arial><font size=3><b><u>Tasting Notes</b></u>
<Br>Deep cherry and red fruits with spice notes and that tell-tale Italian dusty sage characteristic. In the glass, this young wine appears to be middle-aged (easily seen through, and a bit brickish around the edge) but the nose and palate show a wine that has yet to hit its prime.
<P>The Gaglioppo grape is known for deeply colored, high alcohol, long-lived wines that reward (i.e., require!) some time in bottle to soften their tannic beast. This one is an exception - with just 12.5% alcohol and a medium body, it was aged for a year in oak and then a year in bottle prior to release, and is delicious now.
<P><B><U>The Appellation</b></u>
<br>Cirò is one of 12 DOC areas within Calabria (the "Toe" of the boot that forms Italy), where only 4% of production qualifies for DOC classification. Of the DOC wines of Calabria, only those from Cirò are garnering international attention. Gaglioppo is the primary red grape of Calabria.
<P><B><U>Serving Suggestions</b></u>
<br>Again quoting from the producer's quaint website "It's ideal for white meat dishes, even for the elaborate ones, mutton and pork; cheese with a mean maturing; first courses with hot sauces and/or meat sauces." I'd tend to differ on the hot sauce suggestion, but this medium-bodied wine will nicely compliment a wide range of game, fowl and fauna.
<P><B>Ideal Serving Temperature:</b> 18º-20ºC (let's see now, double that (40), subtract 10% (36) and add 32 means this wine is best enjoyed around 68 (F).
<P><B><U>The Winery</b></u>
<br>I was going to write a short paragraph about this producer, but felt the translation on the winery's website justified its reproduction in full. There is no better way to get the feel for the wine - the mental image of a vine-dresser is simply priceless.
<P><I>Francesco Siciliani, the last descendant of the noble family of vine-dressers, today runs San Francesco farm. He took his University Degree in Law in 1984 and immediately after he decided to put the codes aside, and dedicated himself to carry on the ancient and important family tradition of wine industry.
<P>However, Francesco didn't neglect doing a careful research on wine-making: it allowed him to reach the aim of quality, also applying to the production modern methods and techniques, in order to follow the requirements of todays market.
<P>This research started in 1988, as a first example in Calabria, by the refining in small oak casks coming from France (barriques) of Gaglioppo, the main vine from Cirò; it went on with experiments on local vines that were almost completely disappeared from Cirò's countryside, lacking of suitable winemaking methods.</i>
<P>How could I say it any better?
<br>Cheers!
<br>Dave the Wine Merchant
<br>866-746-7293</P>
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<LI>SKU: FSF-CGag-07
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