Ep. 1816 Christmas Instalive: Passito Wines - Chiara Lungarotti | On The Road With Stevie Kim

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They've chosen seven women to talk about acetone because everyone, of course, talks about the Bolicina, the sparkling wines during Christmas holidays, but nobody talks about pacita one. So let's see what Keara has to say. Oh. Good day. Oh. Good day. Here we go. We're in business. That's sweet. How are you, Sierra? Fine. Thank you, Stevie. Okay. Excellent. So as you know, what we're doing for the Christmas holidays, right? Everyone is talking about sparkling wines, but no. We would like to talk about Paceto. Paceto. Even because with the search, I love Paceto. Okay. Yes. So we're going to talk to seven woman who who are producing Paceto from all over Italy. And you are our guest number too, and we'll be talking about your passito. But tell us a little bit about yourself for for our audience who are less familiar. Well, my name is Carolyn Garati, and, I live in a little village between perugia and Sisi right in the center ofumbria, the green heart of Italy. Here, my father, Georgia Lungarati, turned his family estate into a specialized winery. This was already in the fifties. In this way, started the story of the Lungarity wines as they are today. We are very attentive in all the innovation, aspects, but always, being extremely carefully respecting the character of our wines, of our tradition, and, of course, with a great attention to all of what's that's the sustainability. We have almost two hundred and fifty hectares of vineyard. Between a year and two hundred and thirty. So you must be, like, if not the biggest, one of the biggest, right, in, especially in We are among among the biggest inumbria. And we have two hundred and thirty hectares certified diva and and the twenty Monte Fargo organic since two thousand and ten. Yeah. I I'm I'm actually a little embarrassed to admit this, but I only re discovered recently that you also have a lovely it stayed in Monte Fargo when I came to visit you. So, yeah, Kiara is the CEO of of the lungarotti. This is completely family owned. Is that correct? Is it? It's a family owned, and all the members are involved. In the family estate, either in the production or in the market, like my nephew, or in all the cultural activities because we have a a wine museum in which we have revealed the history of wine and of its links with all the Mediterranean civilization since the beginning, still nowadays. Yes. I recall that very well because, of course, we worked on the in the Vineet Lee Wine pavilion at the expo when we had a session dedicated to your museum. But today, we're going to be talking about Pacito. So it's going to be all about discovering Italian Pacito. We have invited seven female producers and their Pacito wines to talk about for their Christmas holidays. And one of the things that we would like to know from you, of course, is the food and wine pairing. Right? So let's talk about your wine, which is the passeto. We're talking about vincanto di gorgiano. Oh, yes. We are talking about this. That is one of our most traditional wines. And, it's made with the typical white varietal of the area that are Truliano and the Riceto. Mhmm. The grapes are picked by hand in September, and they draw and then dry it on racks till December. Then after a very attentive selection of the berries, we press them with an hydraulic press with a yield around twenty five percent and there is low fermentation in our barrels. Usually never new. Just a tiny, tiny bit new. And then, the wine it's refined in the barrels for many years. Before being released on the market. Usually, we keep it around between seven and eight years in a in barrel. It's the one of the traditions. TV, everybody who used to have a few rows of vineyard in this area was always producing it's on Vincent. And Vincent was a a special wine to offer to the guests coming to visit. But was also a fantastic match with a homemade dessert. So how many bottles do you produce a Vincanto? How big is the production for your company? Oh, it's a very small production. It's a very niche product. As well as Sanrentino Pasito that we produce in MonteFICO. They are both niche product, but they are products very special for this moment of the year. When we we match Vincento, De Tostiano, we match, with the typical the certs and not only typical desserts of the, of Italy. Coming back to America, Vineital International Academy, the ultimate Italian wine qualification will be held in New York City from four to six March twenty twenty four. Have you got what it takes to become the next Italian wine ambassador? Find out at benitely dot com. So when we're talking about Vincent, most of the people would think naturally the pairing would be, you know, Kantucci or, you know, from Tuscany. What would you recommend in terms of the food pairing with Vincent? Oh, well, actually on Christmas tables, in this part ofumbria, that means near Peru, there is a very typical dessert called, and it could never end today as well, never it can't never miss on the table. What what is tortillaume? Tortillaume is, the cert made with an almond pastry, just almond and sugar, and it's made with the shape of a hill. That's the typical fish coming from the trazimeno Lake. It's made with this shape of a hill rounding Mhmm. With the the eyes that are two coffee seats and, the thing that's, orange zest. And, we always serve it with Vincanto. But Vincanto is a wine that matches perfectly also with non typical, the search, like, the the Italian Panetone, or the typical dolce of, of our of our area as well, like, you know, Carter or, like, many many other typical Christmas biscuits. But I love it with, with the Tocciano. And what about you almost said, what about, panettone? Panettone. Panettone. Panettone. Because it's another dessert that matches perfectly with Vincent. And that is much more much more well known all over the world and not just in Italy. That's the reason why people for easiness always think to that. What are your plans for Christmas holiday. Like, what do you do usually? Are you in India, are you going away? Are you with the family? What do you do? Christmas is always with family, and so we share between my family and my husband family. Right. So we are driving up and down, umbrian Tuscany. Because your husband's from Tuscany. My husband is from Siena. So we are a little bit here, a little bit in Siena. And then after Christmas, if the weather and more than whether the time allows us, we go skiing for a few days. Where do you go skiing on the dolomites? Okay. I see. And we don't have much snow near here, unfortunately. Do you have any particular Christmas nostalgic moments that you would like to share with us. Oh, well, I love every year. We know we have my niece's, children, but, we have a tradition at home we put always, some, some narrator for the little donkey of the Subambino or as well as for the re there's some little narrator for the reindeer's father Christmas. So the little ones go out before going to bed to prepare the narrator on the Christmas Eve, and of course the narrator will be gone. By the twenty fifth morning because it's all eaten. Oh, okay. Alright. Is there anything very particular aboutumbria in terms of Christmas tradition? Well, Christmas here inumbria, it's, of course, it's very, very near to our heart because, you know, that, how do you say present? That's in French is crashed? The Yeah. It was created by Saint Francis coming back back from Rome. So the tradition of the of the present. It's something that it's really of the nativity. It's something that is really very felt by everybody in this region. And in every house, there is, the little representation. Okay. Well, listen. Before we close. Is there anything else you would like to tell us before we wrap it all up for the Christmas holiday social? I would like to thank you for your time for having shared this wonderful tradition with, with me. And I truly hope to welcome you inumbria. Everybody. Everybody. Yeah. Just you. Everybody was listening to us. Yeah. It's very much worth it. I don't know how much has changed. I think I've been actually, like, ten years ago. Like, when I was in the beginning, when we did, like, an opera wine travel that show. I think that was kind of the last time, and you refused to have a smartphone, but now I know you have a smartphone. No. I do have. And you I do remember you're like, no. No. They're like, no blackberry. Nope. We're talking about, like, twelve years ago. You're like, no blackberry. I'm sorry. I was going out with my nokia. Yeah. You're for, like, you know, I think you had, like, the banana or a flip phone. You're like, no, no, no, no, no, no, you have seated, and now you have an iPhone. I see that. I have resisted as much as I could. Yeah. But now I have, turned into modernity. Yeah. I would like to echo Kiana's invitation. I think it's very undervalued region in general. And of course, she has this lovely museum, which shares the history of many, many parts of wine history. So I would love for everyone to take that into consideration and happy holidays, and thank you for joining us. Thank you. Thank you for joining us on another installment of On The Road Edition, hosted by Stev Kim. Join her again next week for more interesting content in the Italian wine scene. You can also find us at Italian wine podcast dot com. Or wherever you get your pods, you can also check out our YouTube channel, mama jumbo shrimp, to watch these interviews and the footage captured of each location.