Terrazze Retiche di Sondrio IGT 2017 "Il Saloncello" - Conti Sertoli Salis

A careful selection of Nebbiolo grapes is used to obtain a very fruity and fragrant wine full of aromas. The bouquet is the result of the vinification of perfectly intact and healthy grapes, combined with other slightly mashed grapes, according to an ancient Valtellina tradition, reported in a 1834 text by G.F. Massara. This wine is produced only in the best years, and is aged for six months in oak barrels. It can be drunk very young, from the autumn following the harvest. By virtue of its properties it is a wine also suited to long ageing in the bottle.​

Conti Sertoli Salis has been one of the most important and prestigious establishments in Valtellina since it was founded in 1989. The company is based in Tirano, where both the production facility and the original XVII century refining cellars, located inside Palazzo Salis (the historic headquarters of the winery), are situated. The Palazzo's seventeenth century cellars, carved into the rock, are used for longer term ageing in barrels and barriques, and for subsequent refining in bottles. The name Conti Sertoli Salis has been associated with wine production for over 400 years: in the mid 1600s the aristocratic family supplied fine Valtellina wines to the court of the Hapsburg Emperor and to noble Grison families in Valtellina.

The Salis Brothers were among the first wine makers to bottle their wine in the entire Kingdom of Italy, according to ancient shipping documents and labels. Bottles dating back 1881 and 1890 were found in the family cellars, kept safe during the many changes of residence. 

Among the several honours received, the most important refers to “Tirano bottle wine of 1869”. Back then, only some makers of Barolo and Marsala would bottle their wines.