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Cantina Novelli: A Young Winery in the Heart of Italy (Wine Review)

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The Cantina Novelli winery was founded only a decade ago in the history-rich "green heart of Italy," otherwise known as Umbria, by a young and passionate entrepreneur named Stefano Novelli. Drawing from the support of a large family and memories of his grandfather teaching him to make wine, his vision of a 'youthful winery directed by a young generation' finally became reality in the year 2000. "We do not have a long tradition of producing wine," Novelli says, " We are a new, modern winery, and we are all young."

A specific part of his vision, and a success which is helping Cantina Novelli to make a name for itself, is the resurrection of an old and at one time very prestigious grape cultivar called Trebbiano Spoletino. Dating back to the Middle Ages and at one time common in the region immediately surrounding the town of Spoleto, the vine had fallen by the wayside and become all but non-existent until Novelli began a research and viticultural project to bring it back.

I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to sample several wines from the Cantina Novelli winery and found them as a whole absolutely delightful. See my individual review notes for each of the five wines that I sampled after the jump, or check out the winery website for more details.

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