Advent Calendar #18, Fantini Calalenta Pecorino 2021
Fantini is a Italian Winery which has been named in the prominent Wine Guide, Luca Maroni’s ‘Annuario dei Migliori Vini Italiani’ as Best Italian Producer in 2016, 2017 and 2019. ‘Mundus Vini’, a important German Wine Competition. Fantini was named ‘Producer of the Year’ in 2017. The producer also received high praise from Belgian Journalist Alain Bloeykens.
The Gabba Family import these wines from Italy under a Campaign financed by Agreement with the European Union, regulation 1308/2013.
The West and South West facing vineyards are situated around the town of Ortona on the Eastern Coast of Italy, near Abruzzo. Here the soils are textured calcareous and clay and the vines are trellised on a pergola.
Pecorino grapes being harvested off the pergola trellising
The Pecorino grapes were harvested ‘Calalenta’, at night. Quickly processed on arrival. In the cellar, cool settled and 80% of the free run juice taken to stainless steel fermentation tanks and the 20% goes into 400 litre oak barrels. Once the final blend is made up, the wines go to stainless steel tanks for integration before being prepared for bottling.
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