ROSSO CONERO VIGNETO SAN LORENZO 13.5% 2015 75cl (VV)

A rich, fruity and fully flavoured nose. On the palate it is smooth and mellow with a full, elegant, savoury character and a persistent, finely grained array of well integrated tannins, excellent balance and a firm, persistent finish. Venison and redcurrant sausages with spinach and Stilton mash, wild boar and porcini risotto, a mixed grill or any barbecued food can all be enjoyed with this wine. The grapes are sourced from Umani Ronchi's best Rosso Conero vineyard of the same name, in the Osimo area, and partly from Umani Ronchi's vineyards in the Ancona area. The soil is calcareous clay and the density of planting is 2200 to 5680 vines per hectare. Vines are trained with the cordon sour system. Oak ageing refines the potential of the Montepulciano grape, which attains in 'San Lorenzo' an appealing taste and a mouth filling warmth of sweet and round tannins. After traditional vinification (10-12 days at 27°C with pumping over, followed by malolactic fermentation) the wine ages in oak casks for 12 months. It is then released after 6 months in the bottle.