“Habemus Etichetta Blu” Rosso Lazio IGT 2023

San Giovenale | Latium
San Giovenale Agr. srl | Via Giuseppe Zanardelli 34 | IT 00186 Roma

10072523 · 0,75 l · 185,33 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping11 units available

If Syrah is the mouth of Habemus, then Grenache is its nose. This is how Emanuele Pangrazi himself described it one afternoon in the Bottaia of Blera, when he drew directly from the barrel with a pipette and placed two glasses next to each other: one almost black, the other bright ruby red, almost transparent. Two worlds, one terroir. The Etichetta Blu is pure Grenache – and it is the most sensitive, aromatically rich and surprising wine in the San Giovenale portfolio. The same vineyards in Blera, the same clay soils with stone inclusions, the same altitude of 300 to 400 metres, the same oceanic breeze from the Tyrrhenian Sea. The same extreme planting density, the same organically certified work without chemicals or synthesis. And yet: a completely different result.

Grenache, which originates from the Mediterranean coastal vineyards of Spain and Sardinia, has found what it needs in this location: Warmth, dry winds, poor soils. Spontaneous fermentation in steel, 15 days of maceration, then, as with the Etichetta Rossa – as with the Etichetta Rossa and Nera – 30 months in new French barriques from the Fontainebleau and Tronçais forests. Aged in the bottle for at least six months. Bottled without filtration.

Brilliant ruby red in the glass, livelier and brighter than its siblings – almost transparent at the edges. The nose is the real show: blackberry and blueberry in confit, dried violets, undergrowth, cocoa bean – and underneath that sweetish, almost powdery Grenache character that no other grape variety can match: rose petals, juniper, a hint of sea salt. Powerful and surprisingly fresh on the palate, with well-integrated tannins and a length that continues the aromatic richness of the nose in the mouth. Grenache from Lazio – as if the Rhône had forgotten to reclaim something. SUPERIORE.DE