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 Rosso IGT “Solleone”

APPELLATION: Marche Rosso IGT

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Montepulciano

WINE STYLE: Rosso

FERMENTATION TANKS: Concrete Vats

YEASTS: Indigenous

FERMENTATION and MACERATION: 60 days average

MALOLACTIC: done

AGED IN: Cement

AGED FOR: 36 months in big cask + 12 months in cement + 24 months in bottle

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: No fining nor filtering

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: N/A

BOTTLING DATE: xxxxx

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 15%

VINEYARD: Vigneto del Solleone/ South

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Certified Organic and biodynamic

ALTITUDE: 280 m

SOIL: Mixed soil sandy, clayey and calcareous

YEAR PLANTED: 1971

DENSITY: 2500 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: mid October

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 18000 bottles