Welcome to our 9th
Italian Food, Wine & Travel (#ItalianFWT) event where we
feature the food, wine and travel of a different region every month.
This month our group focuses on the Lazio region located in
central Italy. Earlier this week I shared some highlights and a
preview of Lazio.
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| Map of Lazio ~ Copyright of Federdoc |
I always love to explore the wine and
cuisine of each region and tie in my travels if I can. Mostly all my
explorations of the Lazio region have been multiple times to Rome so
I figured I have so much more to offer on the cuisine and wine of
Lazio with my featured pairing: Chicken Saltimbocca alla Romana with
a 2009 Casale del Giglio Petit Verdot.
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| Trevi Fountain ~ Rome |
The founding father of Casale delGiglio, Berardino, was a wine merchant. The three sons (Antonio,
Isidoro and Emidio) began their partnership Berardino Santerelli &
Figli in 1914. The business grew to include 11 wine and olive
stores, “vini + olii”. In 1955 Emidio's son, Dino, founded
Santarelli S.P.A where they sold wines of Lazio. In 1967 is when
Casale del Giglio was established at Le Fernere, a hamlet in the
provicne of Latina which is about 30 miles south of Rome located in
the Agro Pontino Valley. Talking about generation after generation
keeping it within the family, in the early 90's Dino's son, Antonio,
then took over and with winemaker, Paolo Tiefenthale, from Trentino
began producing wines under the Casale del Giglio brand.
The area where Casale del Giglio
resides has much unchartered land where there weren't generations or
years of what works and what doesn't when it comes to winemaking. In
1985 Casale del Giglio began a project where they partnered with
other researchers and professors experimenting to figure out what
would grow the best. They worked with 60 different vines and today
the winery consists of about 160 hectacres where they mostly work
with Bordeaux grapes.
The 2009 Casale del Giglio petit verdot
is purely made from petit verdot where part of the fermentation is in
stainless and wood. It's aged 8-12 months in barrique with an
additional 6 months in the bottle. It's a full bodied wine with intense red berries and cherry. Silky tannins with a little bit of pepper.
Food Pairing - Chicken Saltimbocca alla Romana
I paired up this month with a fellow columnist in the Boston Italian magazine that we write for called the Bostoniano. Francesca Bruzzese is a fellow american from Rhode Island whom is living in Rome and writes a food blog, Pancakes and Biscotti. Francesca and I discussed the best potential pairing with her expertise on Roman cuisine and came up with her Saltimbocca alla Romana recipe to be paired with my selection of the Casale del Giglio petit verdot pairing. I imitated her saltimbocca recipe, but made some substitutions. I'm not a huge fan of veal so I actually substituted her choice of veal with chicken. I also am a big fan of mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes so I added that to the sauce I made along with some garlic scapes from the local farmshare that I joined this year.
I paired up this month with a fellow columnist in the Boston Italian magazine that we write for called the Bostoniano. Francesca Bruzzese is a fellow american from Rhode Island whom is living in Rome and writes a food blog, Pancakes and Biscotti. Francesca and I discussed the best potential pairing with her expertise on Roman cuisine and came up with her Saltimbocca alla Romana recipe to be paired with my selection of the Casale del Giglio petit verdot pairing. I imitated her saltimbocca recipe, but made some substitutions. I'm not a huge fan of veal so I actually substituted her choice of veal with chicken. I also am a big fan of mushrooms and sun-dried tomatoes so I added that to the sauce I made along with some garlic scapes from the local farmshare that I joined this year.
The petit verdot was a nice pairing with this particular dish and complemented the flavors well. Casale del Giglio also recommends another typical Roman dish known as costolette di abbacchio al forno, which is an oven-roasted lamb cutlet.
Wait......there's more! Join my fellow
bloggers with their feature on Lazio:
Italophilia
– Visit Ariccia with Buona Sera Mrs. Campbell
Orna
O'Reilly – A Foodie Easter in Rome
Cooking Chat - Orzo, Salmon and Pesto Paired with a Frascati
Food Wine Click - They'll Drink Anything in Rome
Rockin Red Blog - Live Like Caesar
Enofylz Wine Blog - A Taste of Lazio
Christy's Palate - Living La Vita Lazio
The Palladian Traveler - Civita di Bagnoregio: The Dying Town
Adventures of a Carry On - When in Rome Eat Like a Roman: Bucatini all'Amatriciana
Girls Gotta Drink - Eat Like a Roman (With a Roman): Unusual Things to do in Rome
Food Wine Click - They'll Drink Anything in Rome
Rockin Red Blog - Live Like Caesar
Enofylz Wine Blog - A Taste of Lazio
Christy's Palate - Living La Vita Lazio
The Palladian Traveler - Civita di Bagnoregio: The Dying Town
Adventures of a Carry On - When in Rome Eat Like a Roman: Bucatini all'Amatriciana
Girls Gotta Drink - Eat Like a Roman (With a Roman): Unusual Things to do in Rome
If you're seeing this early enough make
sure to join us live on twitter at 11am EST at #ItalianFWT. Tell us
your food, wine or travel stories of Lazio. We look forward to
chatting with you then. Next month on Saturday August 1st
we'll feature the island of Sardegna in Italy. Feel free to reach
out to me and join us! Ciao ciao!
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