Folle Conero Riserva DOCG red wine from the La Calcinara winery.

Locality Contrada Calcinara, located in the town of Candia (AN)

Terrain composed of clastic pelitic rocks, marl and calcarenitic banks. Sandstones.

Texture: clayey-sandy. - Soil rich in limestone and marine fossils

Exposure and altitude 200 meters above sea level - South, South-East exposure. Part of the steepest vineyard. Training system: Spurred cordon - Planting density: 4000 plants per hectare

Yield: 40 hl of wine per hectare

Manual harvest

Winemaking - Indigenous fermentation without pied de cuve. High fermentation temperatures. Post-fermentative maceration for 20-35 days depending on the vintage with spontaneous malolactic fermentation on the skins. Racking and batonnage for the following years

Aging 12/18 months in French oak barriques. Assembly in tank and rest for 1 or 2 years. Bottle refinement

Organoleptic examination

Intense, impenetrable ruby ​​red

Complex, elegant, open, spicy, cocoa powder and slightly earthy. Cloves, tobacco, black pepper and light coffee fragrance

Full-bodied and tasty. Rich but velvety tannins.

Material shelf-life 15 years and more. Alive and bright in the first 5 years. Increasingly complex in the years to come

Pairing: Ideal with game, lamb, roast meats, grilled red meats with balsamic vinegar. Complex pairings with game prepared with cocoa powder or coffee