Description / Reviews
"Making Cerbaiona Brunello involves selecting the best bunches, areas, and vines in the vineyard. However, the second-choice grapes are harvested, vinified, and aged with the same care. Why is it called ‘Grammatica’, as in “grammar”? Because it expresses the discipline and meticulous methodology of the Cerbaiona atelier, even the small scraps of fabric here are high-end raw materials, carefully collected and cared for to create a simpler garment, yet one that is pure and representative of Cerbaiona's work.
The name Grammatica draws inspiration from an expression used by Giocondo Albertolli in his drawing manual, Ornamenti Diversi (1782), one of the definitive references of Neoclassicism. In his view, the work that craftsmen had to perform with their hands first had to be learned through study, understanding, and reproduction of the drawings contained in the manual to learn, as Albertolli explained, “the correct grammar of drawing.” In this way, the students trained their hands through their minds to create the final product, whether it was wood or stone decoration. It was a long, methodical, and meticulous process, designed to teach an art form dedicated to expressing the best through products of great refinement. The grammar of doing things well is at the heart of Cerbaiona, from the tip to the base of the pyramid. And so the simplest wine from Cerbaiona is called: Grammatica Rosso Toscana IGT." - Cerbaiona, Winemaker
"The 2023 Rosso Grammatica is exotic in the glass, with a wild bouquet of tangerine zest, cherry herbal tea and cedar shavings. A pretty inner sweetness on the entry leads to a cascade of rose-infused strawberry, while nuanced tannins add contrast toward the close. It tapers off classically dry and precise." - 92 Points, Eric Guido, Vinous
