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Sergio's Pick
A promising young talent in Romagna, Chiara Condello tends some 10 acres of Sangiovese grapes in Predappio, a small village in the foothills of the Apennine mountains in central Italy. Here in Romagna—which some experts believe may be the original home of the Sangiovese grape—Chiara started her own project in 2015, farming organically on Predappio’s unique spungone soils. This fossil-rich sandstone gives Sangiovese grown on these high-altitude vineyards a luminous, suave and spiced character, redolent of cherry blossom and smoky incense
Country
Italy
Sub-Region
Romagna Sangiovese Predappio
Region
Emilia Romagna
Varieties
Sangiovese
Farming
Organic
Soil
Red clay, calcareous sandstone
Winemaking
Destemmed; fermented on indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled, stainless steel tanks, as well as upright, open-top wooden fermentation tanks and tonneaux. Aged for 12 months in older, 3.5HL Slavonian oak ‘botti.’