“It was first planted in 1870 following phylloxera
the juice was racked off of the lees into neutral French oak for fermentation
France • 100% Ugni Blanc grown entirely in the Borderies on the Tessendier family estate • Double distilled in Charentais copper pot stills • Aged for a minimum of 4 years in used French oak then finished for 6 months in 500-liter barrels made from the highly coveted Japanese oak variety
the partners planted Grechetto Rosso in the the new vineyards planted around the new winery - this should be included in next year's bottling
the Franchino winery only produces 950 cases
2022 Fattoria Colleallodole Milziade Antano Grechetto dei Colli Martani, Umbria, Italy Le Piane “It was first planted inDirect press to stainless steel tank spontaneous fermentation of must after settling. Antano is old school in winemaking terms, a garage winemaker, with a lack of intervention in the winery, including no barrique and no high tech equipment. He maintains his father's vineyard management techniques, now considered modern, which were once considered radical when Milziade began them years ago, with aggressive green harvesting and low tonnage per acre.
