2015 Roccafiore "Prova d'Autore" Rosso Umbria

Winemaker Notes: Red garnet colour with ruby flashes. Aromas of ripe plums and sweet spices, small red fruits, tobacco, liquorice. On the palate, good structure, powerful, soft and velvety, with a persistent and harmonious aftertaste.

30% Sagrantino, 30% Montepulciano, 40% large berry Sangiovese, from sustainable farming. 24 months in neutral large barrels of Slavonian oak and French barriques, after being blended and bottled it refines at the least 6 months in the bottle.

Cantina Roccafiore farms 15 hectares (almost 40 acres) of vineyards in the rolling hills of the Umbrian countryside near the town of Todi. The Baccarelli family (father and son) bought the property in 1999, planted the local Grechetto and Sangiovese along with small parcels of Moscato Giallo, Sagrantino, and Montepulciano, and made their first vintage in 2005. Formerly in the energy business, they kept a mind toward sustainability from the beginning, building a renewable facility, using organic fuels for their tractors, and farming organically. Young Luca Baccarelli feels that this form of cultivation makes for soils richer in organic materials, fewer vine diseases, and healthier grapes.