Umbria Rosso Passito IGT Santino

TECHNICAL INFO

Climate:  Mediterranean with warm, dry, and altitude-moderated nuances

Altitude:  200-400m

Soils:  Limestone clays

Varietal/Blend:  100% Sagrantino

Fermentation:  After being late-harvested in mid-November, the Sagrantino is placed whole-cluster onto racks to dry for 45-60 days before they being destemmed and placed in a small stainless steel vessel to ferment (the appassimento method).

Ageing:  After two weeks the wine is racked off the skin and transferred to French oak barrique (225lt) or feuillate (114lt), where fermentation continues ever so slowly until it eventually stops naturally due to the high residual sugar atmosphere and continues ageing therein until bottled.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Estate. Organic. Picked and sorted carefully by hand from vineyard rows 110-148 in late November for maximum maturity.

ABV:  13.5%

Produced Cases:  840 bottles of 375ml

CSPC:  123305

TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  Italy

Region:  Todi, Umbria

Appellation:  Umbria Rosso Passito IGT

Climate:  Mediterranean with warm, dry, and altitude-moderated nuances

Altitude:  200-400m

Soils:  Limestone clays

Varietal/Blend:  100% Sagrantino

Fermentation:  After being late-harvested in mid-November, the Sagrantino is placed whole-cluster onto racks to dry for 45-60 days before they being destemmed and placed in a small stainless steel vessel to ferment (the appassimento method).

Ageing:  After two weeks the wine is racked off the skin and transferred to French oak barrique (225lt) or feuillate (114lt), where fermentation continues ever so slowly until it eventually stops naturally due to the high residual sugar atmosphere and continues ageing therein until bottled.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Estate. Organic. Picked and sorted carefully by hand from vineyard rows 110-148 in late November for maximum maturity.

ABV:  13.5%

Produced Cases:  840 bottles of 375ml

CSPC:  123305