Campo San Giorgio 2015

Description

The Conero Riserva Campo San Giorgio stands out as the most important experience of Umani Ronchi history in handling with excellence the Montepulciano grape from the Conero area. The chosen name is the name of the exact piece of land, which has track on the back label, in Osimo municipality. Land that has clearly distinguished, after some experimentation harvests, for its unique character. Finding its roots in a long family tradition the label, finds its inspiration on the design of Rosso Conero of the 70’s, representing the vines, Camerano village and the Mount Conero surrounding. The goal is to enhance a wonderful and vocated terroir and the result is a great Montepulciano able to combine strength, deepness, territoriality, elegance and high harmony.

Awards

95 pts James Suckling

Certificates

Vinification

The destalked grapes and a small variable percentage of whole bunches are fermented ‐ without crushing ‐ in stainless steel tanks on its natural yeasts at 28‐30°C for 14‐16 days. After bottling, Campo San Giorgio is rests in a temperaturecontrolled environment for about 8‐10 months.

Vineyard

Osimo (AN)

Soil Type

The vine of Campo San Giorgio, around 15 years old average faces south‐east, at a height of about 150 meters above sea level. The terrain, dating back to marine formations from the Pleiocene‐Pleistocene era, consists of very deep, chalky clay loam. Only 10.000 square meters, containing 8.000 plants per hectare, distance is 2.1 meters between the rows, 60 cm along the row. The bush‐trained vine, kept within strict limits by very close pruning and targeted thinning, aims to reach a production of about 500/750 gr of fruit per plant, and it has a yield of 5‐6 tons per hectare.

Maturation

Once the malolactic fermentation is completed, the wine is aged for 12 months in small barrels and further 12 months in large casks. The wine does not undergo any fining and filtration.