Casasole Amabile
⏳ Drinking Window
Best enjoyed young and fresh, typically within 1 to 3 years of the vintage release, to fully appreciate its vibrant fruit character and delicate sweetness.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Spicy Asian dishes, fruit-based tarts and desserts, and mild blue cheeses or aged pecorino.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic hills of Orvieto in Umbria, Antinori's Casasole Amabile is a beautiful tribute to the traditional off-dry style of the region. Historically, Orvieto wines were prized for their sweetness, a characteristic born from the ancient Etruscan practice of fermenting grapes in cool, tufa-rock caves, which naturally halted fermentation and left behind luscious residual sugars. Casasole is crafted from a classic blend of Procanico and Grechetto, supplemented by other local white varieties. The grapes are harvested and gently pressed, with fermentation stopped by rapid cooling to preserve its natural sweetness and vibrant aromatics. The result is a wine that captures the sun-drenched terroir of Umbria, offering a delicate bouquet of yellow flowers, ripe peaches, and honeyed citrus, backed by a refreshing acidity that keeps the palate lively.
🍾 About the Producer
Marchesi Antinori is one of the world's most storied winemaking dynasties, tracing its commercial viticultural heritage to 1385 when Giovanni di Piero Antinori matriculated into Florence's Arte dei Vinattieri. Spanning twenty-six generations, the family revolutionized modern Italian viticulture under Marchese Piero Antinori and legendary enologist Giacomo Tachis, catalyzing the Super Tuscan revolution with the pioneering release of Tignanello in 1971. Antinori commands an unrivaled tapestry of microclimates across Central Italy, encompassing the galestro and albarese marls of Chianti Classico at Tenuta Tignanello and Badia a Passignano, the maritime gravels of Bolgheri at Guado al Tasso, and the fossiliferous clay-limestone soils of Umbria at Castello della Sala. In the cellar, CEO and chief enologist Renzo Cotarella orchestrates a balance of precision, clonal selection, and judicious French oak barrique maturation. Antinori's benchmark wines—including the Sangiovese-driven Tignanello, the Cabernet-dominated Solaia, and the benchmark Umbrian Chardonnay blend Cervaro della Sala—stand as definitive monuments of Italian winemaking refinement.