The evaluations of the authoritative Luca Maroni on our wines have reached the company, evaluations that will be included in the 2024 Yearbook of "The Best Italian Wines".
The most important Italian wineries analyzed wine by wine by Luca Maroni. Luca Maroni's Yearbook represents a valid information tool for enthusiasts and professionals, as well as a rich description of the sensations emanating from the analysis. At the beginning, the tasting method adopted: The Quality of the Wine is the Pleasantness of its Flavour.
It is always an honor to receive the evaluations of Luca Maroni, a truly internationally renowned sensory analyst who celebrates the senses of smell, taste, touch, sight and hearing through his tastings. And it is precisely through these expressed senses that Luca Maroni leads us to discover the scents of the earth and the aromas of the vineyard that the wine expresses.
We are satisfied with the appreciation of our wines and for having obtained a very good score which is still improving compared to the previous year.
It is always an honor to receive the evaluations of Luca Maroni, a truly internationally renowned sensory analyst who celebrates the senses of smell, taste, touch, sight and hearing through his tastings. And it is precisely through these expressed senses that Luca Maroni leads us to discover the scents of the earth and the aromas of the vineyard that the wine expresses.
We are satisfied with the appreciation of our wines and for having obtained a very good score which is still improving compared to the previous year.
We thank everyone for the result and for the excellent collaboration!
Luca Maroni's comment on the production of our Winery
"A glass now of widespread and exceptional value, that of Pepi Lignana - Fattoria Il Casalone. His Vermentino Maremma Toscana Doc Leopoldino 2022 is among the most concentrated and dense not only in the region; thus the Viognier Pitorsino Doc 2021, dense and pulpy like a large red with its solar power of spicy aroma power. Reds even more inviolate, stainless and alive in the majesty of their concentration. An exciting crescendo of fruit from the unfathomable Cabernet Sauvignon Doc Maremma Toscana Il Cucchetto 2020 to the equally extremely dense, but more vivid and turgid Cabernet Doc Maremma Toscana Poggio Colombi 2021. Cabernet Franc Doc Maremma Toscana Don José 2021 is firmly confirmed among the best Italian reds ever, probably the best of the variety, certainly a wine capable of impressing the senses for its boundless density , the fabulous softness, the inviolate splendor of its blackberry jam wrapped in the fabulous sweetness of its pure oak of elevation. Chapeau."
REPORT ON “THE BEST ITALIAN WINES” - 2024 GUIDE
Maroni's Evaluation Method
A free, immediate and fascinating sensorial journey into wine.
The key concepts underlying the tasting methodology created by Luca Maroni are Consistency (C), Balance (E) and Integrity (I) of wines. Consistency is the expressive volume of the wine, determined by its richness, and concerns the persistence and potential longevity of the wine. Balance is the harmony between the components, such that the taste of the wine is soft when tasted and the relationship between acid and bitterness is harmonious. Integrity is the absence in the taste-aroma of the wine of oenological transformation defects (sulphurous, vinegary, lactose, faded, woody) and oxidation.
The quality, purity and fragrance of the wine's components therefore express the technical caliber and potential longevity of the wine. The more consistent, balanced and intact the taste of the wine in question, the more pleasant its taste-aroma, the higher its organoleptic quality. Smell, sight, hearing, touch and taste thus become five immediate different interpretations: by relying on the senses you arrive at the discovery of good wine.
The quality, purity and fragrance of the wine's components therefore express the technical caliber and potential longevity of the wine. The more consistent, balanced and intact the taste of the wine in question, the more pleasant its taste-aroma, the higher its organoleptic quality. Smell, sight, hearing, touch and taste thus become five immediate different interpretations: by relying on the senses you arrive at the discovery of good wine.
