JBF Wine Sponsor – Salcheto
By Brenna Boone
Salcheto Nobile is a red wine from Montepulciano. The vintage we are used for the James Beard Alumni dinner is a 2010. The grapes used in Salcheto Nobile are 100% Prugnolo Gentile grapes. This wine is aged for a total of 18 months and 70% of this time takes place within the bottle while the other 30% takes place in large wooden barrels. This creates a very high quality everyday wine. Salcheto has firm tannins with acidity to balance the wine. There has a full bouquet with aromas of fresh herbs like sage and thyme, and scents of red currants. The producer of Salcheto Nobile is very unique because the only produce organic wines. At the winery, the Salcheto team has worked very hard to create little to no carbon footprint and run a completely sustainable winery. The winery uses no electricity and purely harness the energy of the sun and earth around them. For an example of this, the light fixtures use the light of the sun, on bright or cloudy days, and filter light down into the various floors within the winery with large reflective tubes.
Check out Salcheto for further details on the producer’s wines and sustainable approach.