Tenuta di Ceppaiano - Keith Haring - 2017
Producer
Blend
30% Cabernet Sauvignon
10% Merlot
60% Sangiovese
10% Merlot
60% Sangiovese
Country
Italy
Region
Tuscany
UPC
0 15643 61483 5
Description
The Pisan Hills offer a unique terroir with a mix of maritime and continental influences. In this area wines that blend international varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon with Sangiovese, can translate into wines with a balanced power, fruitiness and elegant acidity. Our Tuscan red blend is bolder, more complex and higher in alcohol than traditional chianti wines. In 1989 the Castellani Family invited Keith Haring to Pisa to realize what would become one of his most important permanent public works, the monumental mural "Tuttomondo".
On that occasion, the artist gave the family a wine label he had designed for the house wine of a friend’s restaurant, hoping that one day it could be used for a prestigious wine produced in Tuscany.
Today, more than 30 years later, this project finds its realization thanks to a special commemorative cuvee produced by the Castellani family in one of its best vineyards, in the Tenuta di Ceppaiano on the Tuscan coast.
Winemaker
Pierangelo Doronzio - Winery winemaking team
Vinification
Hand-picked grapes are immediately fermented in the modern cellars of Ceppaiano following the traditional vinification methods. The ageing takes place for 12 months in French oak barrels.
Tasting Notes
Keith Haring from Tenuta di Ceppaiano shows a dark and intense ruby red color. The nose is complex, with multiple layers of primary fruity aromas of wild roses, cherries, mint, cassis and licorice, followed by subtle notes of oak, leather and toasted sweet coffee. It shows an intriguing taste mixing vanilla and cedar with great balance and gentle acidity followed by a long finish. A wonderful blend of 60% Sangiovese, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon & 10% Merlot.