ENOTEC H E L P I N G A M E R I C A L I V E D E L I C I O U S L Y S I N C E 1 9 8 5 S U M M E R 2 0 2 2
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT DRINK WITH OTHERS ARE EITHER THIEVES OR SPIES.
ITALIAN PROVERB
PLACES | P A G E 0 3
Ex cellars from Italy picked up at Winery
WHAT WE LIKE MICHAEL HEINTZ
| P A G E 0 4
We at Enotec have been helping America live deliciously since 1985. We specialize in finding family owned and estate driven wineries from across the Italian peninsula and bringing them to the US Our focus has always been wines of character and distinction, which for us means delicious wines possessing classic balance and structure, usually made by families tending their vineyards for generations, and who are focused on local indigenous varieties. They typically use traditional winemaking techniques although they aren't afraid to try modern processes if that will help make a more delicious wine
We have three ways to work with our distribution partners: We help build brands by focusing on the things that matter. We build effective pricing and programming in conjunction with our producers. We are not afraid of doing the hard work required to get a product into the right place and help it succeed We back that up with an ever growing marketing effort, centered around digital but extending into the store We build creative programs that resonate with today's wine consumers Call us and let us know how we can help you increase your market share and profitability in the large and fast growing Italian Segment within the US
Stateside inventory in Napa and NJ
Consolidated NJ DI orders
Our producers live on the family farms and vineyards they cultivate, and many of them have young children and pets living with them and playing in the vineyards, so they care about what is happening on their properties They all work to minimize any inputs and let mother nature do her job They are farmers first and are out in the vineyards practically every day working with respect for the earth and their local environment While many have chosen to go down the certification path, some have not but still use organic and sustainable practices such as minimizing the use of water in the winery, using minimal amounts of only naturally derived inputs Quite a few use natural yeast ferments whenever possible Sulfites are unavoidable in the production of wine, but care is taken to minimize the use of these as well
| P A G E 0 5
FARMING/WINEMAKING PRACTICES
CENTRAL | P A G E 2 6
Tre
Cantina Fratelli Pardi story begins in 1919 when the three brothers, Alfredo, Francesco and Alberto, establish it The winery was, back then, located on the ground floor of the San Marco Hospital, as part of San Francesco monastery in Montefalco. The grapes, used in the wines’ production, partly belonged to the family and some were bought from other local landowners. White and red wines were produced and marketed, but it was the Sagrantino, exclusively Passito, to be the foremost. The wines were sold all over Umbria, and eventually out of the region, to eminent costumers such as the Vatican
Bicchieri Gambero Rosso MF Sagrantino V17 95pts WE MF Sagrantino 'Sacrantino' V14 94pts IWR MF Sagrantino 'Sacrantino' V16 94pts D MF Sagrantino V16 93pts Cellar Selection WE MF Sagrantino V14 92pts Italian Wine Report MF Sagrantino V16 92pts WA MF Sagrantino V16 91pts BEST BUY WE MF Rosso V16 90pts Vinous MF Rosso V19 90pts Vinous MF Grechetto V20 | P A G E 0 7 NEW!! MF Grechetto V20 12pk FOB NJ $106 SRP $1999 MF Sagrantino V16/V17 6pk FOB NJ $127 SRP $45.99 MF Rosso V19 12pk FOB NJ $117 SRP $2199 Sacrantino V17(limited) 6pk FOB NJ $193 SRP $67.99
Today the brothers Alberto Mario and Gianluca Rio, with their enthusiasm and hard work, are the new era of the Pardi wine’s legacy
CANTINA PARDI
In 2002 the founders’ great grand sons, Francesco, Gianluca Rio, and Alberto Mario, driven by the will of the Pardi family to keep on the tradition, and with the help of their parents Agostino and Alberto, restore the building in Montefalco and revive their great grandfathers’ winery
CasalFarneto Wine Estate is located in the centre of Le Marche, amongst the hills of Ancona province at the border with two well known valleys: Valmisa and Vallesina The latter, known for its small historical villages around the city of Jesi, is the ideal area for Verdicchio, a DOC white wine, praised by oenologists and sommeliers for its tasteful character. The landscape is dotted with wide vineyards designing its hilly skyline a distinctive feature of a land full of traditions and colours. Le Marche AN AUTHENTIC LAND The Apennines, hills and Adriatic coast infinitely varied landscapes unfold with linearity to create the unique land of Le Marche This region is characterised by its variety of places of interest, culinary and wine growing traditions, and cultural heritage all features contributing to acknowledge it as one of the Italian regions with the highest rate of quality of life
95pts IWSC Vermouth Bianco 93pts Vinous Verdicchio Classico Superiore 'Crisio' V16 91pts IWSC Vermouth Rosso 91pts Vinous Verdicchio 'Fontevecchia' V19 90pts Vinous Pecorino 'Falerio' V19 CASALFARNETO | P A G E 0 8
Terra d’Aligi is the brand par excellence of a company and a family, that produces wines for many generations They describe us, the Spinelli family, as authentic people from Abruzzi: feet on the ground and looking to the future Probably it is like that The feet on the ground is the love for the land and the deep knowledge of what it can produce: they are the tradition, the innate capacity to handle the land, feeling the air, to discover new vineyards and to exploit the maximal potential of the territory. FROM THE ABRUZZO HILLS, TO THE ROOTS OF PASSION. It’s the Italian region in which we live, it’s the land of Aligi, the land of our wines The shepherd is the main character of “La Figlia di Iorio”, a famous drama of Gabriele D’Annunzio, top poet from Abruzzi And it’s no accident: the deep roots of this region are bound to the sheep farming, furrowed by the centuries old ways of transhumance Between the highest mountain tops of the Appennines the Gran Sasso and the Maiella and the Adriatic Sea, the ways of the shepherds draw the hills and slide into the valleys, touching slightly the vineyards One of the most typical wines of the Abruzzi, the Pecorino, is dedicated to them In one of these valleys, the Val di Sangro, our grapes grow ripe
91pts WE Montepulciano 'Tatone' V16 90pts Vinous Montepulciano 'Tatone' V16 89pts WE Pecorino 'Zite' 2019 TERRA D'ALIGI | P A G E 0 9
SOUTH | P A G E 4 0
The winery was founded in 2000 in order to save the vineyards that surround our family home from being sold, those which were purchased by my grandfather Generoso in the 60’s For decades the 6 hectares of vines located 600 meters above the sea at the foot of Mount Vulture (a dormant but not yet extinct Volcano) were cultivated for the sole purpose of selling the grapes on the local market and beyond, to northern Italy Selling the vineyards seemed the most logical solution as my dreams took me far from my native home, elsewhere in the world to seek my fortune But my heart sank at the thought of the sacrifices my family made being sold off, so I utterly changed my plans. Concurrent with my studies at the University of Pisa in Oenology and Viticulture a new project was launched, one that would invest in our territory, staking everything on a single wine, TITOLO, class “ cru ” to best represent the characteristics of Aglianico and the unique terroir and microclimate of our area.
SCEG was born from the desire to help some friends of my grandfather Generoso My grandfather is 94 yrs and has worked his whole life in our vineyards His friends have grown up together with him and have vineyards nearby At their age its very difficult for them carry on the vineyards, and their sons are away from our little town These men have refused to sell the vineyards hoping that someday their children would change their minds and come home and then take over, but there was a high probability these vineyards would soon be gone I had to do something
20 CONSECUTIVE YEARS Tre Bicchieri Gambero Rosso Titolo! 94+pts Vinous 'Titolo' V19 93pts WE 'Titolo' V18 91pts WE 'SCEG' V18 ELENA FUCCI | P A G E 4 3 T I T O L O N O T A V A I L A B L E A L L M A R K E T S
Tenute Eméra, Cantina Sanpaolo, Cantina Moros, three wineries, three different territories, one goal: to produce wines capable of "telling" the story of the South of Italy. Here the great reds and the elegant whites are born, which express the identity of the territories and the essence of their native vines. Wines with a soul. With a contemporary style, attentive to sustainability in every production phase, where technological modernity is used to rediscover the authenticity of the grapes that have made the history of these territories. For the US Market, Claudio and Alessandra import wines of these three top estates, but also produce a second label brand called Antica Masseria, which brings the key regions and their wines together in a more accessible way for US wine lovers
After a distinguished career in bio technology and research, which culminated in founding Italy’s first biotech research company Biosearch Italia(which went on to launch on the NASDAQ), Claudio Quarta decided to return to his home region and begin the next phase of his life as a winemaker His vision was to highlight the incredible and distinctive wines of the regions near to his heart and to elevate them to Grand Cru status Fast forward to the vineyards of Southern Italy: his first venture was to be Tenute Eméra in Lizzano, followed shortly thereafter by Cantina Sanpaolo in Campania and in 2012 by his third winery, the small Cantina Moros in Salento In the same year Alessandra falls in love with her oenological project and decides to follow in dad's footsteps, contributing with the same visionary approach to the crowning of a great dream
CLAUDIO QUARTA | P A G E 1 1
CANTINA SANPAOLO rises in a hilly area, straddling the provinces of Avellino and Benevento, perfectly integrating with the landscape Here the white berried grapes are grown which give rise to Greco di Tufo DOCG, Fiano di Avellino DOCG and Beneventano Falanghina IGP, together with the fine Irpinia Aglianico DOP from which the homonymous wine and the most prestigious Taurasi DOCG are born. The cellar develops on three levels dug on the slope of a hill: the terracing nearing completion, with planting of vineyards, will allow it to be completely integrated with the surrounding environment, respecting the harmony of the landscape that inspired its restructuring It is technically equipped for the production of whites and reds and for their refinement in the barrel room, made up of barrels of different carats: barrique, tonneau and oak barrels The labels currently produced are eight
Claudio Quarta’s CANTINA SANPAOLO vineyard is composed of small plots for a total of about 22 hectares: 10 extend around the cellar, divided between the areas of Tufo where the precious Greco of Lapio is grown in the heart of the DOCG
Fiano d'Avellino for the breeding of Fiano and Paternopoli, for the cultivation of Aglianico, in the DOP Irpinia Aglianico and DOCG Taurasi The other 12 hectares, cultivated in Falanghina and Aglianico, constitute a single estate located in Pietrelcina, in Benevento area Tre
the
95pts Italian Wine Report Fiano V19 90pts Italian Wine Report Aglianico V17 92pts Italian Wine Report Taurasi V16
Bicchieri Gambero Rosso Greco di Tufo V19 CANTINA SANPAOLO | P A G E 1 2
del Sud V18 93pts Italian Wine Report Anima di Negroamaro V17 89pts WS Primitivo di Manduria V16 TENUTE EMERA | P A G E 4 9
TENUTE EMÉRA is the largest of Claudio Quarta's four cellars, located in the heart of the DOPs of Manduria and Lizzano in Puglia The farmhouse cellar houses the ancient millstones of the early 1900s which, once the recovery in progress is complete, will be used to revive the emotion of the traditional pressing of the grapes with your feet. The name refers to the goddess Hemera, Greek divinity that symbolizes the day: a tribute to the culture of Magna Grecia and a reference to the geographical position of the estates, located in the Salento peninsula, the easternmost edge of Italy that first witnessed the rise of the Sun. A large vineyard close to the sea that extends over a property of about 80 hectares, of which almost 50 are planted in 2007 In addition to the indigenous varieties such as Primitivo, Negroamaro and Fiano, international vines such as Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay have been planted, following a rigorous micro zoning scheme Here was planted what probably represents the largest biodiversity vineyard in the world, with about 500 varieties of minor vines, mainly of Caucasian and Mediterranean origin A project launched in collaboration with the Faculty of Agriculture of the University of Milan with the aim of preserving a unique source of biodiversity and continuing to study the characteristics and quality potential of the vines 91pts Sud
Italian Wine Report
HELPING AMERICA LIVE DELICIOUSLY SINCE 1985 G R E E N W O O D V I L L A G E , C O 3 0 3 3 2 2 3 4 4 7 I N F O @ E N O T E C . N E T W W W . E N O T E C . N E T ENOTEC IMPORTS, INC.
ITALIAN PROVERB
AGE AND GLASSES OF WINE SHOULD NEVER BE COUNTED.
