" 23 years of life, mine too." This is the leitmotif that accompanied the long-awaited opening of the first bottle of "Castagner Riserva 23 anni" last night. Around a hundred guests were present and experienced the thrill of being able to taste, for the first time, a piece of the company's history among the stills of the Vazzola Distillery. A tribute to the entrepreneurial journey undertaken in recent years by a champion of distillation like Roberto Castagner.
Produced in just 749 examples, “Castagner Riserva 23 anni” is the fruit of the vision of Roberto Castagner who over 23 years pampered it as if it were a child, tasting it month by month and following its evolution. «Good things must be shared - said Castagner -. In here is the 1999 harvest. Merlot, Cabernet and Pinot Noir, 3 different vines that lived these 23 years apart and then came together to create a unique blend, but I'll stop here because I can't tell it myself. Fathers cannot tell their children."
«23 years ago Roberto had already thought about this project - explained the president of the Italian Sommelier Foundation of Veneto, Raul D'Alessandro - because he had the foresight and courage to know how to wait. Brilliant, with amber tones and topaz nuances, "Castagner Riserva 23 anni" is kaleidoscopic on the nose. An overture of perfumes played between notes of raisins, apricot and dehydrated orange, sweet tones of vanilla, almond and egg white. The dark part is contrasted with nuances of carob, walnut husk and a hint of balsamic. Enveloping in the mouth, very long finish with precise taste-olfactory returns. Endless".
Present at the event, in addition to the most important customers, were many entrepreneurs and members of the Rotary Club of Conegliano. The writer Francesco Vidotto, who in his latest book, "To each his own God", tells his incredible story of rebirth, led a talk on literature. The evening, which began with a visit to the distillery, continued with a dinner based on traditional Venetian spit and ended with the tasting of "Castagner Riserva 23 years" accompanied by the excellent Fabris panettone
