San Basso - passerina

APPELATION: Marche IGT Passerina
GRAPE VARIETY: 100% Passerina

The birdsfoot trefoil is one of the typical plants of the Mediterranean vegetation. We admire its tenacity and resistance, together with the ability to adapt to different climates and terrains, while always remaining itself. A bit like our Passerina.

Known for its generous fruit production, the Passerina grape has always quenched the thirst of many. Today, we understand its needs and can help it express its full potential. It is indeed capable of presenting a floral bouquet with rare freshness. We offer it in its still version, from the grapes of Tenuta San Basso, brimming with May flowers and rounded out by ripe fruits. The opening is citrusy with notes of cedar, soon followed by linden and hawthorn blossoms. Then come the ripe fruits: yellow plum, lychee, and green apple. This last note recurs harvest after harvest, giving our Passerina a distinctive character, clearly shaped by our soils. Each sip is filled with crisp yellow plum, adding fullness to the remarkably fresh character of this wine.

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE: Organic
SOIL TYPE: Medium-textured soil with a significant sand content
EXPOSURE AND ALTITUDE: South-East from 230 to 250 meters above sea level
TRAINING SYSTEM: Monolateral Guyot
YIELD PER HECTARE: 90 quintals per hectare

PREPARATION DETAILS: Hand-harvested from the first decade of September. Fermented in stainless steel tanks at 15°C.

AGING: Aged in stainless steel tanks for at least 4 months, followed by a minimum of 2 months of bottle aging.

SERVING TEMPERATURE: 10°C