Sensi Ninfato

The rare butterfly “Charaxes jasius” is particularly common on the Tyrrhenian coast, mainly on the Tuscan side, where it has found its ideal habitat. It is commonly known under the most romantic name of “Nymph of the Strawberry Tree” because it lives in the woods where those plants are and of which leaves and fruits it feeds on. Farmers, however, know this butterfly with a different name, the “drunken butterfly” or, more simply, “the boozer” for its habit of going to the vineyards to suck the sugary and tasty grapes. A greedy habit, they was of precious help to the farmers who knew in that way when the grapes were ripe and ready for harvest. The sense of freedom and lightness that this story recalls is the same that you get when you taste Ninfato, a Sangiovese made as per ancient Tuscan methods with limited presence of sulfites, an authentic wine that is light as the “Nymph of the Strawberry Tree”. Ninfato is a Sangiovese with a deep ruby red color and a hint of violet. The aroma has intense and vinous scents of cherry and rose. The taste is fresh and full, in balance between the acidic component and the tannic one, with an excellent structure and an enveloping and persistent finish. It is obtained with a natural wine-making process and from the harvesting of grapes up to the bottling of the wine by avoiding the use of added sulfites, limiting their presence to a value lower than 9 mg/l For these reasons Ninfato represents a new frontier in our production, for a healthier and more balanced life.