AT THE TABLE
Beef fillet with pepper butter
Pepper echoes the wine while the meat meets its body.
Selva Capuzza, Lombardy, Italy
Madér 2018
Ripe fruit, pepper and chocolate in a broad, velvety red. A bottle for lingering after a roast dinner.
You’ll notice the full texture, with a softer grip than its depth suggests.
For fans of rich, oak-matured reds with savoury detail and velvety tannins.
Fermented in steel and matured in used French oak barrels.
€23.50
Delivery in NL €6.95, free from €60
€23.50
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Their style
Where this bottle sits, from body to finish.
BodyLight
Bold
AciditySoft
Acidic
SweetnessDry
Sweet
CharacterClean
Wild
FinishShort
Long
Eat this with it
SOMETHING SIMPLE
Mushroom lasagne
Rich layers suit the broad, velvety texture.
FOR SHARING
Roast lamb with rosemary potatoes
The substantial flavours match its ripe fruit and spice.
Also good
Aged Gouda works with the wine’s depth and gentle grip.
Skip
Hot chilli can obscure its softer, savoury detail.
Serve at
16–18 °C
The producer
Selva Capuzza: six grapes, one family estate
The Formentini family puts local grapes at the centre of Selva Capuzza, where Lugana, San Martino della Battaglia and Garda Classico meet. Luca Formentini leads the team, working with six traditional varieties and harvesting by hand. Beyond the vines, groves, ponds and an olive orchard provide space for wildlife: the estate sets aside 15% of its land for biodiversity.
- Grapes / sourcing
- Turbiana, Tuchì and four local red varieties
- Farming
- Hand harvest; no herbicides
- Winemaking
- Pressed, vinified and bottled at the estate
- Appellations
- Lugana, San Martino and Garda Classico
- People
- The Formentini family
- Biodiversity
- 15% of the estate reserved for nature
The details
- Grape
- Groppello, Barbera, Marzemino, Sangiovese
- Vintage
- 2018
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Region
- Lombardy
- Country
- Italy
- Wine type
- Red
- Serve at
- 16–18 °C
- Volume
- 750 ml
