2023 Fongoli Rossofongoli Umbria IGT, Italy Cedric Bouchard Making of: Manual harvest

Making of: Manual harvest

in a region that doesn’t have a lot of notoriety

often stating that “only the vineyard

This micro producer makes about 150k bottles per year and is scrupulous about the consistency and quality of his wines

Here Altesse has to work hard to develop a good root system to produce bunches with rather small

2023 Fongoli Rossofongoli Umbria IGT, Italy Cedric Bouchard Making of: Manual harvest60% Sangiovese 40% Montepulciano. From biodynamically farmed, certified organic, hand harvested estate vines. Fermentation occurs with native yeasts in open topped stainless steel tank with no temperature control and no sulfur; the maceration is relatively brief at about 10 days in order to moderate the tannins. The wine is aged in stainless steel for several months. It is bottled in the spring after harvest without fining or filtering. Rossofongoli