2021 Cinino

The Cinino is a method ancestrale style bubbly, or ‘pet-nat,’ that comes from Agri Segretum's most prevalent Sangiovese grape. A very gentle press is then given to the de-stemmed fruit to give just a touch of colour to the wine, and a spontaneous fermentation begins after a couple of days in stainless steel tanks. After lowering temperatures, fermentation halts at around 7˚C and at about 20 g/l of residual sugar. The wine is hand bottled and closed with a crown cap and stored at 20˚C so that the leftover yeasts can continue eating away at the sugars. The continuing fermentation is locked in the bottle, and the output of CO2 has nowhere to go, thus creating a sparkle in the wine. The result is everything good in sparkling pink wine: fresh and bright fruit, vivacious mouth-feel, and enjoyable drinking for any occasion

• Area: Italy, Umbria
• Grapes: 100% Sangiovese