Fosso Cancelli Pecorino 2018 Colline Pescaresi IGP - Ciavolich

FOSSO CANCELLI PECORINO 2018 - COLLINEM PESCARESI IGP

From Pecorino grapes, a very popular blend in the Marche and Abruzzo, a fresh and savory wine, with an intense yellow color, which emanates delicate floral scents of jasmine, citrus and ginger.

The hand-picked grapes from the Pianella and / or Loreto Aprutino vineyards are placed in small boxes and transported to the cellar. The crushing and pressing is carried out with the aid of a small crusher-destemmer and an ancient press. The must obtained is transferred partly in terracotta amphorae and partly in used French oak tonneaux.

To start the fermentation, the "pied de cuve" of indigenous yeasts is added previously obtained from the same grapes. Fermentation normally takes place in 7/10 days and the wine obtained is decanted and aged on its noble lees in 15hl Slavonian oak barrels and in terracotta amphorae.

The refinement lasts about 2 years, after which the wine is decanted and bottled without filtration.

Due to the unfavorable climatic conditions of that year, the company found itself costly to change some phase of the production process, in particular in the cultivation operations in order to contain excessive vegetative growth for the benefit of a better phytosanitary state of the grapes. The aeration of the bunch through manual defoliation was crucial to safeguarding the health of the bunches, especially in the days preceding the ripening phase of the grapes. The acidity of the grapes and the pH were at optimal levels up to the days of harvest.

The grapes were harvested by hand and transported to the cellar in small boxes in the early hours of the morning to prevent the August sun from overheating them. During the spontaneous fermentation that took place inside wooden, amphora and steel barrels, the must was continuously stirred and aired following the slow metamorphosis into wine day after day. At the end of fermentation, the wine was aged on its own lees, and after about a year it was bottled without filtration to continue the evolution in the bottle.

The “Fosso Cancelli Pecorino” 2018 has an intense yellow color, delicate floral hints of jasmine, citrus and ginger. The taste is fresh, savory and persistent with a unique character of its kind. About 2,300 bottles were produced.

DATA SHEET

Denomination: Pecorino Colline Pescaresi IGP

Production area: Loreto Aprutino / Pianella (PE)

Grapes: Pecorino 100%

Soil: Clayey / Calcareous

Altitude: 250 mt

Cultivation method: Integrated agriculture

Training system: Abruzzo / row pergola

Planting year: 2000/2011

Production per hectare: 120 quintals / ha

Harvest period: August

Vinification method: spontaneous fermentation in large Slavonian oak barrels, terracotta amphorae and small steel vats without temperature control

Serving temperature: 10-12 ° C