Il Comm. Ensale

Allow me to use an Italian sentence: “dove all’ulivo si abbraccia la vite” meaning “where olive trees and vineyards hug each other”.
And this image could be the picture of the whole Mediterranean Area, but surely in Umbria, the green heart of Italy.
We are in Torgiano and we want to understand the best we can the feeling of the ground in Umbria.
Then, we want to enjoy to dine and to rest.
In other words, we are searching for some days of Paradise before we will go there forever.
And our desires are delighted when we meet the several faces of a Group: Lungarotti Group.
The soul of Lungarotti Group is Lady Chiara.
Here the wine and the olive oil are so important that the Lungarotti family made two Museums: the Museum of Wine www.vino.lungarotti.biz and the Museum of Olive and Oil www.olio.lungarotti.biz and both, believe me, deserve a not short visit.
About wines, the offering is wide and well done.
As we cannot taste each one, my suggestions are for the two kings of the winery: Rubesco Riserva and Sagrantino both DOCG both among the best wines of Italy.
Rubesco Riserva is a blend of Sangiovese grapes (70%) and Canajolo grapes (30%).
The color is a very deep red. Its best match is with red meat and aged cheese.
Only one variety of grape, the Sagrantino grape for this wine, whose name in label is . . . . Sagrantino !
The color is, more or less, the same color of Rubesco; just a bit I see it almost becoming purple. Also the food for the best match is the same of Rubesco: red meats and aged cheeses.
The olive oils are two and both excellent.
Our memory is impressed their DOP Umbria - Colli Martani.
This olive oil by Lungarotti is a blend of Frantoio, Leccino and Moraiolo. The color, you will look at it, is not yellow; no, it is a bright green. Please use it judiciously, drop by drop, on slices of just grilled bread and . . you will tell me !
We are in Torgiano, well, and Torgiano is a medieval town close to Perugia and Assisi.
The D&B of Lungarotti is LE TRE VASELLE
www.3vaselle.it/ .
The structure is an ancient palace of the XVI century. The charm is in every detail. The swiming-pool invites us to spend the hottest hours of the summer days after the daily trip of the morning and before the delights of a gorgeous dinner.
The cooking style is driven from the respect to the territory and to the tradition. Bread, pasta and desserts are home made.
The menu is depending on the season.
Every dish transmits to you true and deep emotions.
About the wines . . . oh, can you imagine which wines will we drink ?
So, a really uncommon experience in Torgiano thanks to the chances that Lungarotti offers us to appreciate Umbria and its true roots.