Noemi Marone Cinzano
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Countess Noemi Marone Cinzano (born 1957) is an Italian{{cite web|url=http://wineportfolio.com/c/?tag=italian-countess-noemi-marone-cinzano |title=Wine of the Week - Bodega Noema 'A Lisa' 2009 |date=July 29, 2011 |publisher=Wine Portfolio }} businessperson. A wine personality, she is known for owning many well established vineyards and Cinzano Glass. Her flagship wine is considered to be Noemía de Patagonia.
Biography
Cinzano is the daughter of the late Alberto Marone Cinzano, and the elder sister of Francesco Marone Cinzano, who owns Col d’Orcia.{{cite book|last=Capalbo|first=Carla|title=A Food Lover's Companion to Tuscany|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJYTak3ViHAC|accessdate=5 May 2013|date=1 March 1998|publisher=Chronicle Books|isbn=978-0-8118-1209-2|page=288}} She has two children.{{cite news|newspaper=Decanter |title=Tenuta di Argiano sold |date=February 11, 2013 |last=Waldin |first=Monty |url=http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/530849/tenuta-di-argiano-sold }} Cinzano arrived in Brazil at the age of 17.{{cite web|url=http://www.argiano.net/en/azienda_contessa.htm |title=Countess Noemi Marone Cinzano |publisher=Argiano |accessdate=May 4, 2013 }}
She has assisted the organization of numerous wine exhibitions throughout the world.{{cite book|title=Beverage Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YvlIAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=5 May 2013|year=1981|publisher=Pacific Publications|page=39}}
Vineyards and wineries
Cinzano took over her father's vermouth business after his death in 1990, and in 1992 she bought the Tenuta di Argiano, a 16th-century 120 acre (50ha) vineyard, in a {{Convert|100|ha}} estate; produced 337,000 bottles of wine which included 109,000 Brunello di Montalcino wine. Exporting to the United States, United Kingdom, Brazil, Denmark and Japan, Tenuta di Argiano is one of the top ten largest producers, by volume, of Brunello di Montalcino and Rosso di Montalcino wine.{{cite news|url=http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/48032 |newspaper=Wine Spectator |title=Montalcino's Argiano Has New Owners |date=February 11, 2013 |last=Sanderson |first=Bruce }}{{Cite news|url=http://www.winenews.it/news/30077/argiano-una-delle-pi-antiche-tenute-di-montalcino-con-oltre-100-ettari-di-terreno-53-a-vigneto-e-la-splendida-villa-rinascimentale-venduta-da-noemi-marone-cinzano-stando-ai-rumors-affare-da-40-50-milioni-di-euro-e-compratori-brasiliani|title=Argiano, Una Delle Più Antiche Tenute Di Montalcino, Con Oltre 100 Ettari Di Terreno (53 A Vigneto), E La Splendida Villa Rinascimentale, Venduta Da Noemi Marone Cinzano. Stando Ai Rumors, Affare Da 40-50 Milioni Di Euro E Compratori Brasiliani|language=Italian|accessdate=21 May 2013|publisher=Website of Winenews }} Solengo was produced in the vineyards of her much respected Brunello estate which is set around her villa, the Tuscan Tenuta di Argiano (built in the 1570s) built in Renaissance architectural style.{{cite book|title=The Wine Spectator|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ftJAAAAYAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Wine Group|page=114}}
During Cinzano's ownership, Tenuta di Argiano was one of the Brunello di Montalcino estates that was investigated during the Brunellopoli scandal for suspicion of adulterating the wines with other grape varieties which, under Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) regulations are supposed to be made from 100% Sangiovese. In 2008, the suspected vintages were impounded by government officials and eventually Tenuta di Argiano declassified the wines, selling them as "Super Tuscans" under the Indicazione Geografica Tipica (IGT) designation instead of as Brunello di Montalcinos. In February 2013 Cinzano sold the Tenuta di Argiano estate to an undisclosed "group of international investors" for reportedly near 50 million euros. Production of the estate is said to be around 120,000 bottles.{{cite news|url=http://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2013/02/montalcino-accused-of-selling-out-to-foreign-investors |title=Montalcino Accused of Selling Out To Foreign Investors |last=Gobb |first=Rebecca |date=February 13, 2013 }}
Together with her partner and winemaking consultant, Hans Vinding-Diers, she co-founded the Noemía de Patagonia in 2002, in Argentina. This Bodega Noemìa de Patagonia's project had been established in 1998 by subsuming an old vine Malbec vineyard in the Rio Negro Valley that was planted in the 1930s and 1950s.{{Cite web|url=http://www.winesur.com/news/it-is-crucial-that-argentinas-producers-keep-making-serious-wines|title=It is crucial that Argentina's producers keep making serious wines|accessdate=21 May 2013|publisher=Winesur.com}} The vines are ungrafted and planted on their rootstock in the Patagonian Desert which has little risk of developing phylloxera. All of Bodega Noemìa de Patagonia's vineyard properties are farmed biodynamically.J. Gordon (ed) Opus Vino pgs 155-156, DK Publishing New York 2010, {{ISBN|978-0-7566-6751-1}} Noemía is considered to be her flagship wine and has been included in the book 1001 Wines: You Must Try Before You Die 2011.{{cite book|title=1001 Wines: You Must Try Before You Die 2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FQdqHCmnEekC&pg=PT1043|accessdate=5 May 2013|date=5 February 2012|publisher=Octopus|isbn=978-1-84403-720-9|page=1043}}