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Grappa Nonino protagonist at the Merano Wine Festival

Grappa Nonino marks a new turning point: It is the protagonist of the first Distillate tasting at Merano Wine Festival. The Nonino Family is happy to give the first four people that will get in contact a free entrance ticket.

On Sunday November 11th 2012, at 16.30, Grappa Nonino will be the protagonist of the first Distillate tasting of the Merano Wine Festival, one of the most exclusive events of the wine world, reaching this tear the Twenty-first edition.

Cristina Nonino and Paolo Luciani, the sommelier, will guide the participants to an extraordinary sensory experience and, to celebrate the 115 years of distillation of the Nonino Family, there will be the presentation of Grappa Nonino Riserva 115th Anniversary, aged from 3 to 19 years in barriques together with Riserve Merlot and Moscato 7 years, which is not on sale yet.

The creator and promoter of the Festival, Helmut Koecher, entrusts the Noninos with the turning point of the important manifestation! For the first time since the creation of this event the protagonist won’t be only Wine of excellence but the “Spirit of excellence”, Nonino Spirits precisely.

For this event there will be an exclusive presentation of Grappa and ÙE® Grape Distillate Cru Monovitigno® Nonino drawn from the family cellars, unique for innovation and research.

The tasting of ÙE Nonino Riserva Monovitigno® Moscato Cru Besenello in Vallagarina, contradicting the current literature on ageing in wood, which suggests the ageing of neutral distillates, shows that a great aromatic distillate aged in small barrels preserves its elegant characteristics and is enriched by new fruity and spicy notes.

The tickets to attend the event are available until exhaustion at the website www.meranowinefestival.com
(in the page click on VERTICAL TASTING OF GRAPPAS – ÙE GRAPE ACQUAVITS NONINO EXCEPTIONAL VINTAGES)

Here are the distillates of the tasting lead by Sommelier Paolo Lauciani:

  • Grappa Nonino Monovitigno® Merlot Harvest 2010.
  • Grappa Nonino Monovitigno® Merlot Harvest 2004 aged 7 years in a Limousin barrique, drawn for this event, not on sale.
  • Grappa Nonino Riserva 115th Anniversary aged from 3 to 19 years in Limousin, Nevers, Grésigne and ex-Sherry barriques. An extraordinary blend of Grappa  Monovitigno®  Malvasia , Grappa Monovitigno®  Verduzzo, Grappa Monovitigno®  Schioppettino and Grappa  Monovitigno® Merlot.
  • ÙE® Grape Distillate Nonino Monovitigno® Moscato Cru Besenello in Vallagarina Harvest 2010.
  • ÙE® Grape Distillate Nonino Riserva Monovitigno® Moscato Cru Besenello in Vallagarina Harvest 2004, aged 7 years in an Ex-Sherry barrique, drawn for this event, not on sale.
  • ÙE® Grape Distillate Nonino Riserva Monovitigno® Moscato Cru Besenello in Vallagarina Harvest 1990, aged 19 years in the Nevers barrique Nr. 82, one only barrique.