Four Hectares, Three Grape Varieties, Two Wines
Gert Pomella concentrates on a small product line
Two wines come from the Milla Estate Winery in Cortaccia.
No more. Both are cuvées, both contain the same three grape
varieties, both ferment in open wooden barrels, and both can be aged for
a long time. Winegrower Gert Pomella thus concentrates on a small product line. But good things come in small packages.
Pomella
tends nearly four hectares of grape growing areas at the Milla Estate
Winery in Cortaccia. It is divided into seven different vineyards, all
of which are on steep slopes and have heavy loam soils. That makes them
the ideal location for Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, and Merlot,
which are grown at the Milla Estate Winery in Cortaccia. In different
proportions, these three grape varieties form the foundation for the two
wines from Gert Pomella: “Centa” and “Milla”.
When
making the two wines, Pomella follows his own path. The fermentation
takes place in open wooden and steel barrels, the cap of pressings is
circulated several times a day – by hand. “I use the pressed wine to
extend the physiological maturity of the wines,” the
winegrower-slash-winemaker explains. Both wines then mature in small
casks of French oak, and for a full 24 months. “I age my ‘Centa’ wine
in used barrels and my ‘Milla’ in one hundred percent new barrels,” says
Pomella, who then also lets his wines age for at least one year in the
bottle.
A lot of time, a lot of expense, a lot of work for two wines. But you can taste it.
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