Oseleta Provincia di Verona IGT 2016

Az. Agr. Zýmē di Celestino Gaspari | Veneto
Az. Agr. Zýmē di Celestino Gaspari s.a.s. | Via Cà del Pipa, 1 | IT 37029 S. Pietro in Cariano

03373116 · 0,75 l · 74,67 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

When Celestino Gaspari talks about Oseleta, it sounds like a love conversation with a difficult person. The grape variety does not reveal itself – it needs to be persuaded, understood and respected. In a small year, it responds with elegance. In a great year, it responds with power. 2016 was a great year. The summer in the Veneto was warm and dry, the nights cooled down and the harvestremained low. Oseleta ripened in the October window that Gaspari favours: slowly, evenly, completely. What followed was the same vinification as always – but in a year that allowed the grape variety to realise its full potential.

Intense, dark ruby red with deep garnet nuances – fuller than the 2013, denser, dark and luminous. On the nose, jam of wild berries and black cherry, undergrowth, graphite, a hint of oriental spices and cocoa – complex, multi-layered, with a depth that opens up and reveals itself without reaching the bottom. Powerful yet precise on the palate: the tannins are dense yet silky, the acidity is a framework, not a boundary. A very long, spicy finish that unfolds in layers. Oseleta, which shows that it has not only survived – but that it has been waiting. For someone like Gaspari and for a year like this. SUPERIORE.DE