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Mother
Nature has her favorite places. Special places where man and landscape
are in ideal harmony. Neil & Maria Empson have chosen just such
rare terroirs for their own Bollini range: premier appellations
in northeastern Italy. Millions of years ago, melting glaciers wove
diverse minerals into these alpine foothills, endowing them with
the elixir of life. Its magic endures to this day firmly rooted
in the soil, captured in the fruits of the vineyard. Bollini is
about nature and passion. Its story began in 1979, when Neil &
Maria created the range as an expression of their love and respect
for fine Italian viniculture. Excellence and consistency at highly
accessible price points: this was and remains the Bollini mission.
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It's
a personal mission, a personal quest, which the Empsons share with
people as unique as these extraordinary regions. The Bollini team
cares. The oenologists, the cellarmasters, the harvesters, all partake
of a vision an ardent adventure into the art of quality winemaking.
The human factor makes the difference - for as a great poet once
put it, passion is "Nature's second sun." |
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Artist's Touch...
"Grape vines are living creatures, their gnarled and twisted
tendrils testimony to their struggle with the elements. Ironically,
the more they suffer, the better are the wines produced... |
Bollini wines
Pinot
Grigio Trentino
DOC
DOC
Unique
microclimate and morainic, alluvial soil endow this varietal with intrinsic
traits seldom achieved: pear, flinty and mineral notes, creamy texture.
The grapes are vinified and aged in stainless steel, but to ensure further
complexity and depth, the wine initially goes through bâtonnage
on the skins for 4-5 months. A loyal Pinot Grigio with a friendly price.
Pinot
Grigio Friuli Grave DOC
Reserve Selection
Reserve Selection
The
mineral-rich stones (grave) deposited by melting glaciers millennia
ago, elicit this popular variety's noblest traits. The rocky, difficult
terrain causes the vines to suffer, rendering small crops of highly concentrated
fruit, laden with pear, spice and character in a creamy, lush style. Will
age well for several years, matching a broad variety of foods such as
salmon, white meats, Asian cuisine.
Chardonnay
Trentino
"Barricato 40" DOC
"Barricato 40" DOC
The
perfect "Chardonnay for Every Day"! Once the grape
are soft-pressed, 40% of the juice is drawn off and fermented in barriques
for 4-5 months (hence the name "Barricato 40"), then
reunited with the stainless steel-fermented portion. Its intriguing touch
of oak is ideally integrated with fruity, fresh aromas. Versatile, food-friendly,
exceptional value.
Merlot
Trentino DOC
The
vineyards' ideal exposure and soil components yield a varietal capturing
fleshy, fragrant flavors of wild berries, integrated with subtle spice
and a mellow medium body. After fermentation (and full malolactic), 70%
of the wine is drawn off and aged in French and American oak barrels ranging
from 225 to 2000 liters, for 12-15 months.
Pinot
Noir Trentino DOC
Reserve Selection
Reserve Selection
This
unfiltered wine (Pinot Nero to Italians), from high, southeasterly
exposed vineyards is fermented in stainless steel and conducts malolactic
fermentation in French barriques, where it also ages for 15-18 months.
Its medium body, sweet tannins and elegant harmony all come together with
typical spice and wild cherry flavors that make this wine the cognoscenti's
choice.
