Fongoli IGT Umbria Vino Rosato Liter, 2021

Angelo Fongoli is the fourth generation to be making wine at the Fongoli family estate. Since the early 2010’s, Angelo has taken the estate--that was, of course, until the eighties a poly-cultural farm using conventional systemic viticulture, then moved towards an almost monoculture farm--back to a more diverse farming culture concentrating on biodynamic techniques.  The estate is now almost 40 hectares of vines, vineyards, olive trees, forest and natural truffle production. About 20 of these hectares are now planted in traditional grape varieties of the region – Trebbiano Spoletino, Grechetto, Sangiovese, Montepulciano and Sagrantino – the oldest of which are more than 40 years old. The vines have been certified organic by Ecocert since 2013, and since then only the use of sulfur and limited copper on the vines, the planting of soveccia - legumes, grains and other nitrogen-rich, complex-rooted plants that open the soil and add nutrients.  More recently, Angelo with his wife Letizia have begun working the farm completely in biodynamic techniques, seeking quality grapes over quantity production. They are fully satisfied with the results and now make the wines without the addition of sulfur  or any other enological products.

100% Sagrantino. From certified-biodynamic estate fruit, harvested by hand earlier than Sagrantino for red wines. The grapes are destemmed, pressed immediately and see no maceration. Fermentation is spontaneous with natural yeasts and no sulfur; the wine goes through malolactic fermentation and is aged for 3 months in stainless steel tank. It is bottled without fining, filtration or sulfur and with a crown cap.

Bright red fruits like cherries & fresh berries and citrus with delicate tannins and great minerality. So good they bottled in a liter.