Who: Natalino Crognaletti
Where: Montecarotto (Ancona), Marche, Italy
What: What: Marche Bianco IGT, Rosso Conero DOC, Rosso Piceno DOC, Marche Rosso IGT
How: Certified Organic, estate-grown
Total size: MEDIUM

Rosso Piceno DOC “Burello”

APPELLATION: Rosso Piceno DOC

GRAPE VARIETY: 60% Montepulciano 40% Sangiovese. Vinified separately

WINE STYLE: Rosso

FERMENTATION TANKS: Small wooden vats

YEASTS: Indigenous

FERMENTATION and MACERATION: 20 days, semi crushed bunches

MALOLACTIC: done

AGED IN: Montepulciano in tonneau - Sangiovese in cement tanks

AGED FOR: 12 months separately + 6 months together

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: No fining nor filtering

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: 38 ppm at bottling

BOTTLING DATE: December 2020

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14%

VINEYARD: Vigna Burello in Ostra Vetere. South/East

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Certified Organic and biodynamic

ALTITUDE: 250 m

SOIL: Mixed soil sandy - clayey

YEAR PLANTED: 1960

DENSITY: 3000 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: Sangiovese - mid September/ Montepulciano - October 20th.

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 6500 bottles