Tumiama

DESIGNATION: VSQ - Metodo Classico
APPELLATION: Puglia IGP
GRAPE VARIETY: 100% MINUTOLO

“TURN THE BOTTLE. OPEN IT. GO BEYOND BORDERS”

Brut Nature sparkling wine with its bottled yeasts. A difficult wine to place in common production structures. Tumiama was born from the owner’s desire to try other production paths without mental limits. These things are felt in every part of the production: making sparkling wine with a semi-aromatic variety, using slightly overripe grapes, aging that never stops (at least 60 months) until the bottle is opened because the lees are not eliminated after the degorgement. The result of all this is a sparkling wine that shows the
hidden and unexplored soul of Minutolo, soft aromas, and velvety perlage.

HARVEST: Hand-picked grapes, only from the vineyard Zingariello. Harvest middle of September.
VINIFICATION: The grapes are lightly pressed within 4 hours of the harvest. The first part of the must, the best part, is separated from the rest and moved inside steel tanks where it becomes the first fermentation.
FERMENTATION: 1st Fermentation:  slow fermentation in steel thanks. / 2nd Fermentation: In the bottle.
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION: No
AGEING: Ageing not less than 60 months. During degorgement, the lees inside the bottle are not eliminated. Then the refinement continues continuously until the bottle is opened.
AGEING POTENTIAL: 6 - 10 years 
DOSAGE: 8,5 g/l

Tasting Notes
Intense yellow color with golden reflections. In the glass, it is extremely elegant even if it is a cloudy wine due to the presence of its yeasts. The nose is powerful and multifaceted, the typical aromas of Minutolo, sage, and thyme are mixed with notes of ripe fruit and also a smooth sensation of cream. It is a living wine therefore in the glass it is constantly evolving, enriching itself with ever new sensations. On the palate, it is vertical with a velvety perlage and smooth sensations. For this reason, the sip is elegant, complex, and fun. The same smells return also to the palate, the yeasts in the glass give the wine more depth and a sensation to be discovered with every sip. It has a long persistence, the finish has light bitter aromas that make the Tumiama absolutely elegant.

Food Pairing
Tumiama is a sparkling wine with a kaleidoscopic nose, silky on the palate, vertical and deep. It is a “fun” sparkling wine, a borderless wine, so we would like to use the same approach for the pairing. Boardless Pairings Tagliatella with white ragù sauce and black truffle / Small grilled lamb skewers / Risotto with nettles and smoked bufala ricotta / Cream of chestnuts.