Ep. 1072 Susanna Grassi & Andrea Cinuzzi | On The Road Edition With Stevie Kim

Welcome to the Italian wine podcast. This episode has been brought to you by the wine to wine business forum twenty twenty two. This year, we'll mark the ninth edition of the forum to be held on November seventh and eighth of twenty twenty two in Verona Italy. This year will be an explosively in person addition. The main theme of the event will be all around wine communication. And tickets are on sale now. The second early bird discount will be available until September eighteenth. For more information, please visit us at wine to wine dot net. Welcome to another episode of On The Road Edition, hosted by Stevie Kim. Each week, she travels to incredible wine destinations interviewing some of the Italian wine scene's most interesting personalities, talking about wines, the Foods, as well as the incredible travel destinations. This is the Italian wine podcast on the road edition, mama jumbo shrimp. It's the name of our YouTube channel. So Subscribe if you haven't done that. So today, we are here in Canti, but particularly we're in a very small area called, and there are actually clearly nine producers. So we have a few of them here. And we have, first of all, Susana Grasi, who's kind of the designated English speaker for this group, Vash, right now. And Susana, would you like to just tell us a little bit about the this group of producers. Is there a consortium? And there's something going on today, right? The the profumidi Lamole. What is that? Yes. We are nine producer. We have created an association, and there's suggestion. Name is a pro form a dilemma. And we are very happy, and we thank you because you will be also very important today. You will be our designated. So thank you very much for this, great honor. And right now, first of all, I have also next to me, mister Andrea Chinucci. Right? So let me ask you either of you. What is so special? About Lamole. Lamole is so special because, we are known as the roof of Canti. We have the highest, the the highest position in the Cantia. The altitude that goes between four hundred and fifty meters, still six hundred and eighty meters, which is the, really, the limit to cultivator San Jose. What is the soil types? In Lamode in specifically. The soil that we have here, it's a very poor soil. It's like a sandy soil. Well, roots can go deeply to find what they need. There is always a very nice minerality in our wine. Together with the, aromatic complexity. So, Andrea, you said that your family's been producing wine here since, the fourteen hundreds. Right? And how many labels do you have? Three label. Three label. Basic, reserve. Okay. So how would you characterize the wine style? Simple wine, not blend, all the grapes, some Malvasia, black Malvasia. Mhmm. So how old are your vines? Not wine, your vines, vigna. One hundred. And you are still producing wine from from one hundred year old vines. Yes. It's more, very, very small. Yeah. So these wines were pre phylloxera. Right? Yes. So, you know? In a blind tasting, are you able to recognize your wine from the other llamiles? Yes. I I think, yes. It is true that, there is a very common link between all those wines. So that and what would that be? The booker. And so describe to me the booker. I think you can easily recognize uh-uh some particular note that are related to this place. For example, they're read for it from the forest. They are related to for me, for Lamole. Then, of course, you can recognize the characteristic note of San Jose. So example, the violet, the Sherry. Are you enjoying this podcast? Don't forget to visit our YouTube channel, Mamma Jumbo Shrimp for fascinating videos covering Stevie Kim and her travels across Italy and beyond. Meeting winemakers, eating local food, and taking in the scenery. Now, back to the show. And, Andrea, how how can you recognize your wine? What are the characteristics. They're saying character. Frut fluid mineral Right. Better. People who have never been to Lamolay. How would you describe Lamolay to them? They tell it to her. It's beautiful. Wine. And, simone, you represent which winery? We have some vigna here in Castel Nousa in the little village, Castel Nousa, and another part in Puca is a little, villager one kilometer from here. So, Simone, can you tell us a little bit about the special microclimate in Namonet? Is it always windy here? In the vineyards, this is always the similar type of microclimate? Yes. Yes. Do you feel like because of the climate change? Do you feel that you could even go higher to plan? Yes. Because twenty years ago Mhmm. Here in Lamole, was very difficult to arrive, twelve and a half degrees of alcohol. Mhmm. Now I usually arrive thirteen, fourteen two. And this only in twenty years. This change. I I I see this change. How long have you been making wine? Thirty five years. Thirty five years. You don't look that old. I have fifty. I have fifty and I'm fifteen. So you've been making wines since you're fifteen? Yeah. How many wines do you make in Castile Noutza Puca? Three different. EGT Mhmm. Made with the sangiovese and the Malvasia white grapes Malvasia. So is, remember the old Yeah. With the old, distributionata, right, with the white grapes. So how many bottles in total do you produce for, like, ten thousand? So you produce seven thousand? Yes. You produce ten thousand. How many do you produce? Thirty five thousand. Oh, so you're like big. And then, I guess the biggest producer is La Malte Ylamonde, and they produce I don't know exactly. They own approximately fifty percent of the vineyard. Yeah. I think they have a forty hectares. The total vineyard of Lamole is eighty hectares. I think that they've produced like half. So it's not I mean, you are making a small quantity. Yes. Are you drinking everything in the family? No. No. No. No. No. Where where are you selling your wines? I have a a Griturismo. So the hospital Mhmm. Come here in the Agriturismo by the wine. So you're selling most of your wines, your hospitality? Yes. Right. And what about you, Simone? We sell, thirty percent in the US. So you do export? Are you exporting? No. No. No. So mostly, mostly in Italy. See, mostly. Yes. Okay. So I know there's the guess, like, a little walk around, you know, tasting and everyone can join. Is it free for everybody? Yes. Yes. It's open. And we hope to we are very happy finally to have people visiting us because I'm gonna is not very easy to reach as you see also the road, going up to the to the hill. All, you know, the people, the the habitat of Lamma, are opening their garden, their garage, to host the cars, of the visitors. Okay. So I know for our audience, it's too late for this year because by the time we produce this and it goes live, it will definitely be too late to join us, this year, but Maybe they can do they you guys can come back next year. At the same time? Yes. Exactly. Do not forget. It's always the first weekend of June. Oh, the first weekend of June. Yes. The first Saturday and Sunday of June. Okay. That's it. Signing off here. It's a wrap from, and I hope you guys can join us, on our rest of our trip. Okay. We hope you enjoy today's episode brought to you by the wine to wine business forum twenty twenty two. This year, we'll mark the ninth edition of the forum to be held on November seventh and eighth twenty twenty two in verona Italy. Remember, the second early bird discount on tickets will be available until September eighteenth. For more information, please visit us at white to wine dot net. Hi, guys. I'm Joy Livingston, and I am the producer of the Italian wine podcast. Thank you for listening. We are the only wine podcast that has been doing a daily show since the pandemic began. This is a labor of love and we are committed to bringing you free content every day. 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