- Appellation: IGT rosso del frusinate
- Region: Lazio
- Country: Italy
- Colour: Red
- Sweetness: Off-dry
- Grape Varieties: Uva Giulia Lecinaro, Sangiovese
- Soil type: Clay, Flint
- Vessel type: Cement - Other
- Unfined.
- Unfiltered.
- Low sulphite.
Notes on additives, aids & processing used:
- No temperature control.
- Organic/Biodynamic/Equivalent
- Total Sulphites: 18 mg/L
- This wine is fermented spontaneously.
- Other Information:The Lecinaro, San giovese and uva Giulia grape varieties are harvested in crates and brought to the cellar. After de-stemming, crushing and maceration on the skins for the entire duration that the spontaneous fermentation takes place (on average 15/20 days) in cement tanks, the grapes are pressed with a hydraulic press to guarantee a soft pressing; subsequently the ‘pied de cuve’ is inoculated which has fermented previously spontaneously. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation (spontaneous) in cement tanks and aging on fine lees for 6 months. Aging is carried out further in bottles for at least 6 months. Racking carried out by gravity without using pumps. No clarification or filtration. Alcohol levels 13% Low quantity of sulfites
Taste it at...
- London 2020
Lazio, Italy