Cinque Campi, Le Marcone 2019 750ml

Personality: Rustic and ripe. Balsamic notes, tannic grip but also some succulent dark fruit from brambles to ripe figs. Pleasant companion to all kinds of steaks and stews. Like that wild boar ragu, mmm…

Vineyard: Le Marcone. 30+ years old vines on silica-rich clay and chalk

Making of: Grapes are hand-harvested, destemmed, and macerated in stainless steel vat for 15-20 days with daily pump-overs. The wine then spends 24 months in neutral French and Slavonian oak barrels and further 6 months in bottle. Bottled unfiltered, unfined, and with zero sulfur added.

Winemaker's Note: The only still red that Vanni makes, as a tribute to the old-style family house wine that they used to drink from the barrel over the year.