The world’s first wine aged in marble was born in Tuscany. It is ‘Fuori Marmo’, Cabernet Sauvignon, produced by the Fuori Mondo winery in Campiglia Marittima, owned by Olivier Paul-Morandini. The wine is aged in marble extracted from the quarries of Monte Altissimo, at Seravezza in the Apuan Alps: the same ones that Michelangelo chose for his masterpieces, now owned by Henreaux.
Fuori Marmo was presented for the first time in Paris at chef Yannick Alléno’s three-Michelin-star restaurant Ledoyen. Galeotta, as reported in the online edition of the Corriere Fiorentino, was an end-of-lockdown dinner in Versilia. The French chef Paolo Carli of Henreaux in Seravezza, and Olivier Paul Morandini, inventor, among others, of the European 112 service, attended the evening.
In 2009, Morandini discovered Tuscany and a farm in Campiglia Marittima and began making wine with the idea of freshness and verticality. On this idea of minerality, Alléno launched the provocative plan of refining wine in marble.
Paolo Carli and Morandini took up the provocation, and after five months of work, the first marble barrels-amphorae were born. They cost 100,000 euros each. After two years of ageing, the first bottles are ready. Around 1,000 with 120 magnums and 80 double magnums. The classic Bordeaux bottles will cost 1,000 euros each.
Source: www.intoscana.it
