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Grappa Paglierina · Selezione limitata N°1 · in gift box
The famous distillery of Romano Levi was bought after his death (01.05.2010) by an old friend of Levi and an investor of the city of Neive. Their goal is to maintain the tradition, art and spirit of Romano Levi in Neive. Today, the old distillery has been completely renovated and turned into a museum. The new owners continue to use Levi's old still. The technology and the barrels, however, are new to produce a higher quality, more sophisticated grappa.
We were now allowed to select some of the most graphically interesting labels from Romano Levi's huge estate of hand-painted labels, which - reproduced to a high standard - are available exclusively from us.
From now on, we will bring a new Levi label to life every year in a very small edition of just 36 bottles per variety, which you will then only find in our shop as a "Selezione limitata".
"Grappa della donna selvatica che scavalica le colline" (Grappa of the wild woman who conquers the hills).
The fresh marc, saturated with must, is compressed immediately after delivery in underground pits to naturally extract all the aromas and flavours of the grape. Distillation takes place exclusively in the months of March and April using the discontinuous method on direct fire and the very special characteristics perfected by Levi. This is followed by maturation in 220-litre barriques. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Varieties: 40% Nebbiolo, 30% Dolcetto, 30% Barbera
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 45,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 14‑16 °C
- Closure: natural corks
- Delivery only possible to CH, DE, IS, LI, NO and UK
stored air-conditioned30012700 · 0,7 l · 104,14 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping< 24 units available
Grappa di Barolo · Selezione limitata N°1 · in gift box
The famous distillery of Romano Levi was bought after his death (01.05.2010) by an old friend of Levi and an investor of the city of Neive. Their goal is to maintain the tradition, art and spirit of Romano Levi in Neive. Today, the old distillery has been completely renovated and turned into a museum. The new owners continue to use Levi's old still. The technology and the barrels, however, are new to produce a higher quality, more sophisticated grappa.
We were now allowed to select some of the most graphically interesting labels from Romano Levi's huge estate of hand-painted labels, which - reproduced to a high standard - are available exclusively from us.
From now on, we will bring a new Levi label to life every year in a very small edition of just 36 bottles per variety, which you will then only find in our shop as a "Selezione limitata".
"Grappa della donna selvatica che scavalica le colline del Barolo" (Grappa of the wild woman who conquers the hills of Barolo).
The fresh marc, saturated with must, is compressed immediately after delivery in underground pits to naturally extract all the aromas and flavours of the grape. Distillation takes place exclusively in the months of March and April using the discontinuous method on direct fire and the very special characteristics perfected by Levi. This is followed by maturation in 220-litre barriques. SUPERIORE.DE
read more- Grape Variety: 100% Nebbiolo
- Cultivation: conventional
- Expansion: barrique
- Filtration: yes
- Alcohol content: 42,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 14‑16 °C
- Closure: natural corks
- Delivery only possible to CH, DE, IS, LI, NO and UK
stored air-conditioned30012600 · 0,7 l · 107,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping5 units available
Grappa Acquavite di Vinaccia · motif 1 · in gift box
"Grappa della Donna con Fiori"
(Grappa of the woman with the flowers)
Romano Levi: "Grappa distilled by unsuspecting people "
The fresh marc, saturated with must, is compressed immediately after delivery in underground pits in order to extract all the aromas and flavours of the grape in a natural way. Distillation takes place exclusively in the months of March and April using the discontinuous method on direct fire and the very special characteristics perfected by Levi. This is followed by maturation in 700-litre barrels. SUPERIORE.DEread more- Grape Variety: Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto, Moscato
- Expansion: 5 years traditional piedmont wooden barrel
- Alcohol content: 50,00 % vol
- Serving temperature: 16‑18 °C
- Delivery only possible to CH, DE, IS, LI, NO and UK
stored air-conditioned30012000 · 0,7 l · 155,71 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping1 unit available
The name Romano Levi dissolves like the smoky aroma of grappa on the tongue and the desire for it increases from an ostentatious Schn?ffeln to an enjoyable sipping. A real Levi had between 50 and 60 percent alcohol by volume. But the really exclusive feature was and is the label!
At some point Romano Levi had started to describe and paint his bottles himself (for reasons of cost) and that on paper, which he had just fallen into his fingers. Each individual label was torn out by hand and the boss himself celebrated the design and sticking. This ceremony made each bottle of Grappa di Levi unique and thousands of Levi fans made the annual pilgrimage to Piedmont, where the eccentric distiller lived and worked. On countless of the self-painted labels he immortalized flowers, trees, women's bodies and faces, stars. The torn off unique pieces of paper let whole collector's swarms get into the raptures all over the world. A real Levi label can cost collectors more money than the contents of the bottle.
The old distillery of Romano Levi was bought after Romano Levi's death (01.05.2010) by an old friend of Levi and an investor of the town Neive. The aim is to maintain the tradition, art and spirit of Levi in Neive. Today the old distillery has been completely renovated and converted into a museum. The new owners use the old Levi bubble. The technology and the barrels, on the other hand, are new in order to produce a high-quality, sophisticated grappa. Today's labels are all designs from Romano Levi's rich collection. And every year different motifs are used, so the passion for collecting Levi-Grappa can go into the next round. SUPERIORE.DE
In the month of his death, the S?ddeutsche Zeitung wrote the following obituary (excerpt): "Many grappa drinkers do not yet know. Therefore the outcry is so far restrained: Romano Levi died. Well, he was almost 80 years old and very ill for a long time, so one had to expect that he would die one day. But his death was unimaginable, because he was always cheerful, friendly and full of wit, even though he was sometimes bent because of his illness ("I recognize the visitors by their shoes"). For grappa drinkers, Levi's death is a disaster. There are people you miss and I will miss my friend Romano Levi very much. What should you drink when you are used to the honest men's grappa, even if you can't go any further? All those more or less perfumed grappinches, certainly not. Let us hope, then, that Mauro and Fabrizio, the master's two faithful collaborators, will continue." (Peter Hoenisch)