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

Marche Rosso IGT “Gattara”

APPELLATION: Marche Rosso IGT

GRAPE VARIETY: 70% Montepulciano –30% Sangiovese vinified separately

WINE STYLE: Rosso

FERMENTATION TANKS: Small wooden vats

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: 20-25 days average. Destemmed bunches, whole berries.

MALOLACTIC: done

AGED IN: Tonneau 700 L

AGED FOR: 3 years separately + 6 months in inox together + one (or more) year in bottle

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: No fining nor filtering

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: Approx. 2 gr before bottling

BOTTLING DATE: June 2020

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 15%

VINEYARD: Barcaione (Corinaldo) - east for both varietals

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Certified Organic and biodynamic

ALTITUDE: 250 m

SOIL: Clay and red tuff

YEAR PLANTED: Beginning of 1900

DENSITY: 3000 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: Sangiovese was picked the second week of September, Montepulciano around October 20th.

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 1900 bottles