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

Marche Bianco IGT “Campo delle Oche” Integrale MAGNUM

APPELLATION: IGT Marche Bianco

GRAPE VARIETY: 70% verdicchio, 30% uve malvasie, maccarese, garofanata, pecorino, trebbiani. Cofermented, Verdicchios without skin the rest of the grapes with the skin.

WINE STYLE: Bianco

FERMENTATION TANKS: Concrete Vats

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: 2 or 3 months / destemmed only skin and seeds

MALOLACTIC: done

AGED IN: 2 years in cement tanks and 1 year in big cask, 1 year in stainless steel

AGED FOR: 48 months + 1 year in bottle

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: No fining; no filtering. The wine undergoes battonage right before bottling to give each bottle the same share of yeasts.

VEGAN: N/A

TOTAL SO2: Approx. 1 gr/L before bottling

BOTTLING DATE: 2020

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 15%

VINEYARD: Campo delle Oche vineyard nearby San Lorenzo’s farm

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Certified Organic and biodynamic

ALTITUDE: 350 meters

SOIL: Clay and limestone

YEAR PLANTED: 1972

DENSITY: 3500 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: Second week of October

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 1200 MAGNUM bottles