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on the right:
the gUests at a reCent
tasting at cecchi with six
MiChelin starred CheFs:
Mauro Mattei (piazza
dUoMo in alba, CUneo);
hayashi MototsuGu
(dal pesCatore
in Canneto sUll’oglio,
MantoVa); Marco reitano
(la pergola, roMe); anGelo
saBBaDin (le Calandre
in rUbano, padUa); faBrizio
sartorato (da Vittorio
in brUsaporto, bergaMo);
alessanDro toMBerli
(enoteCa pinChiorri,
FlorenCe).
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From its inception, Coevo has enchanted both
critics and consumers all over the world and it
is for precisely this red that andrea and Cesare
recently designed and organised a very unusual
tasting for a ‘parterre de roi’. the occasion was the
preview presentation of this great wine’s fourth
vintage and the protagonists were six sommeliers
from six italian restaurants with three Michelin
guide stars respectively led by oenologist Miria
bracali, the Cecchi brothers and daniele Cernilli,
expert wine critic. after a visit to the vineyards
and cellars, they tasted the four vintages of Coevo
produced to date - 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2010 -
and then they were put to the test with an enjoyable
game with the aim of creating Coevo 2011
which will come out in october 2014. the six
stars were: Mauro Mattei of piazza duomo in alba
(Cuneo); hayashi Mototsugu of dal pescatore in
Canneto sull’oglio (Mantova); Marco reitano of
la pergola in rome; angelo sabbadin of le Calandre
in rubano near padua; Fabrizio sartorato
of da Vittorio in brusaporto, bergamo; alessandro
tomberli of the enoteca pinchiorri in Florence.
equipped with cylinders and 4 half bordeaux
bottles containing the four Coevo grapes, these
sommeliers were put to work with enthusiasm
and great expectations. in a very short time each
created their very own ideal Coevo which was
then presented to a jury made up of Miria bracali,
andrea and Cesare Cecchi and daniele Cernilli
who chose alessandro tomberli of the enoteca
pinchiorri in Florence’s blend as the best (60%
sangiovese, 20% Cabernet sauvignon, 7% petit
Verdot, 13% Merlot). Coevo 2010 will go on sale
this october and expresses all the mineral notes
and power of the Maremma together with the
elegance and sophistication of Chianti. it is ruby
red with hints of pomegranate and raspberry and
has markedly wild notes of bay leaves and liquorice
root on the nose and full and lively tannins
and aromas of red fruits and chinine bark in the
mouth. long lasting in the mouth, its after taste
is rounded and silky.
www.checchi.net
on these pages soMe
oF the MiChelin awarded
CheFs with soMe
oF the gUests.
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