Orvieto Classico Superiore doc
This wine comes from the most beautiful piece of land on our estate, renown to generations of local farmers as Campo del Guardiano. Following bottling this Orvieto Classico Superiore is aged in Palazzone’s cellar for many months. The complexity, the aromas and the freshness of the fruit remain intact for years proving the wine’s astonishing capacity to age beautifully.
Appellation
Orvieto Classico Superiore D.O.C.
Terrain
Sedimentary clay
Hilly with exposure East-North East
Grape varieties
Traditional grape varieties of Orvieto
Fermentation
Soft pressing whole grapes
Ageing
Steel and bottle
Tasting note
Intense straw color with sharp green reflections.
The nose is protound, retineds and prolonged; on the palate silky and well structured, vibrant and persistent.
Serving Suggestion
With dishes that are not only powerful but also restrained and delicately balanced, recipes of veal, fowl, and pork, in the finest Umbrian tradition.
First year of production
1989
Awards
- TOP WINE VINO SLOW – GUIDA SLOW WINE 2023
- CORONA – VINI BUONI D’ITALIA – TOURING CLUB ITALIANO
- 4 VITI – VITAE 2023 edita da AIS
- TRE BICCHIERI – GAMBERO ROSSO 2023
- 3 STELLE ORO – I VINI DI VERONELLI 2023
- 4VITI – VITAE 2022 edita da AIS
- 3 STELLE ORO – I VINI DI VERONELLI 2022
- 92 POINTS – VINOUS ANTONIO GALLONI
- TOP WINE VINO SLOW – GUIDA SLOW WINE 2022
- VINO SLOW – SLOW WINE 2020
- 4VITI – VITAE 2020 edita da AIS
- 3 STELLE ORO – I VINI DI VERONELLI 2020
- GOLDEN STAR – VINI BUONI D’ITALIA 2020
- IL SOLE – I VINI DI VERONELLI 2019
- 92+ POINTS – ROBERT PARKER WINE ADVOCATE 2019
- LA CORONA – VINI BUONI D’ITALIA 2019
- VINO SLOW – SLOW WINE 2019
- 4VITI – VITAE 2019 edita da AIS
- 5GRAPPOLI – BIBENDA 2018
- LA CORONA – VINI BUONI D’ITALIA 2018 OGGI LA CORONA LA SCELGO IO
- VINO SLOW – SLOW WINE 2018
- 4VITI – VITAE 2018 edita da AIS
- 5GRAPPOLI – BIBENDA 2018
- VINI D’ITALIA 2018 – TRA I 100 VINI DA CONSERVARE DELLA GUIDA DELL’ESPRESSO
- TRE BICCHIERI – GAMBERO ROSSO 2017
- 4VITI – AIS VITAE 2017
- LA CORONA – VINI BUONI D’ITALIA 2017
- GUIDA VINI D’ITALIA DE L’ESPRESSO – TRA I PRIMI 25 VINI DELLA CATEGORIA “100 VINI DA COMPRARE“
- CINQUE GRAPPOLI – DALLA GUIDA BIBENDA 2017
- 4 VITI – AIS VITAE 2016
- VINO SLOW – GUIDA SLOW WINE 2016
- 4 VITI – AIS VITAE 2015
- VINO SLOW – GUIDA SLOW WINE 2015
- GOLDEN STAR – VINI BUONI D’ITALIA 2015
- 5 STELLE – MIGLIORI VINI DELL’UMBRIA “LA REPUBBLICA” 2015
- 3 BICCHIERI – GAMBERO ROSSO 2014
- LA CORONA – VINI BUONI D’ITALIA 2014
- VINO SLOW – GUIDA SLOW WINE 2014
- 5 STELLE – MIGLIORI VINI DELL’UMBRIA “LA REPUBBLICA” 2014
- GOLDEN STAR – VINI BUONI D’ITALIA 2013
- VINO SLOW – GUIDA SLOW WINE 2013
- 3 BICCHIERI – GAMBERO ROSSO 2012
- 3 BICCHIERI – GAMBERO ROSSO 2011
- 5 GRAPPOLI – DUEMILAVINI AIS 2011
- VINO SLOW – GUIDA SLOW WINE 2011
- VINI D’ITALIA DELL’ESPRESSO 2011 – ORVIETO DELL’ANNO E 1 DEI 50 OUTSIDER
- GOLDEN STAR – VINI BUONI D’ITALIA 2011