2008 Sangiovese di Romagna Superiore DOC

Lovely Sangiovese fruit from the Rimini area. Great flavour given depth by 6 months of ageing in barriques.

Tasting Notes
Rich, ripe nose of dusty blackberry fruits, cherries and smoky oak characteristics. The palate is medium bodied, soft and dry, with generous black fruits, good supportive structure with balancing acidity and a complex, lengthy finish.

Matching
Ideal with hearty, multi-flavoured dishes where versatility is needed, with pasta or pizza for example or roasted meat and vegetables.

Winemaking Notes
Sourced from the Rimini region of Emilia Romagna, where the 10yr old vines are planted on clay and limestone soils, rich but with good drainage. Harvesting is in September and the grapes are immediately de-stemmed and crushed upon reception at the winery. Fermentation is for 15 days in steel and 2yr old barriques, then all the wine is aged for 6 months in barrique where malolactic fermentation is also completed. After bottling with no filtering, the wine ages for 3 months before release. Just over 3000 cases made.