Maceratum 2019 - Fongoli

Maceratum - Fongoli

Maceratum di Fongoli is a macerated white wine obtained with Trebbiano Spoletino grapes from vineyards cultivated with biodynamic techniques. The hand-picked grapes are fermented in open vats with spontaneous yeasts on the skins without temperature control and with manual punching down three times a day. Pressing with a soft membrane press. Permanence on the fine lees and decantation with decanting and oxygenation. The wine thus obtained is bottled without filtration or addition of sulfur. A wine with an intense and brilliant yellow color with beautiful shades and lively reflections. Enveloping aromas that recall honey and exotic fruit notes. At the first sip it appears very fresh, you can immediately fully savor its soft and decisive taste. Then comes the warmth of alcohol and finally the pleasantness of a complex and rich wine remains.

Service

It is advisable to taste it a temperature of 10/12° in balloon glasses. Wine that will give the best of themselves in a few years. You may want to open it a few minutes before tasting.

Pairings

Wine for elaborate food pairings. Also excellent as an aperitif.

Cellar: Fongoli

Fongoli The company is located on one of the tops of the hills of Montefalco, in San Marco. Carried out by the same family that runs for about four generations is composed of a single building, where the cellar and the house, surrounded by about thirty hectares of vines. The vineyards are south / east and south / west and rest on medium-textured soils clayey, some vineyards, especially those of Sagrantino, reaching an average age of forty. The cultivated varieties are Sangiovese, Montepulciano, Sagrantino and Merlot for red and Trebbbiano for whites. In the vineyard, follow the organic philosophy with the total estrangement of any chemical form while in the cellar, the fermentations are spontaneous with only indigenous yeasts and refinements avvengo in steel tanks or for wines that reflect the local tradition, in large barrels . Six produced labels that include all the traditional types, from white Trebbiano Spolentino Sagrantino through the Rosso di Montefalco.