Who: Natalino Crognaletti
Where: Montecarotto (Ancona), Marche, Italy
What: Marche Bianco IGT, Rosso Conero DOC, Rosso Piceno DOC, Marche Rosso IGT
Total size: MEDIUM

Marche Bianco “Le Oche”

APPELLATION: IGT Marche Bianco

GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Verdicchio

WINE STYLE: Bianco

FERMENTATION TANKS: Concrete Vats –100 HL and 50 HL

YEASTS: Indigenous

MACERATION: No maceration. 5/6/7/8 hours max to let the indigenous yeasts go from the skins to the juice

MALOLACTIC: done

AGED IN: Cement

AGED FOR: 12 months on its yeasts + 3 months in bottle

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: No fining; filtering with large “profile” filtering before bottling

VEGAN: Yes

TOTAL SO2: Approx. 38/40 mg/L before bottling

BOTTLING DATE: December 2022

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 14.5%

VINEYARD: Montecarotto, Ostra Vetere

VITICULTURE APPROACH: Certified Organic and biodynamic

ALTITUDE: Montecarotto 250 asl, Ostra Vetere 250

SOIL: Montecarotto = clay and limestone. Ostra and Ostra Vetere = clay and limestone.

YEAR PLANTED: 2006 approx

DENSITY: 3400 vines/hectare

PICK DATE: Second and third week of September

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 22000 bottles