Description
Fongoli Palmetta Grechetto 2023This wine is 100% Grechetto, a lesser-known varietal out of Umbria. ‘La Palmetta’ comes from clay-laden and limestone soils, bio-dynamically farmed, and harvested by hand. A great amount of care goes into displaying its palette of white peach, wildflowers, and seashell.The vines are cultivated using biodynamic techniques. Only copper, sulphur and biodynamic preparations are used as defence against disease. We work to increase the humus through green manure and biodynamic soil preparations. No synthetic chemical products are used. The grapes are harvested by hand from the first light of day until 11:00 p.m. They are destemmed and pressed, and only the first-pressing must be used.The low temperature of the must allows an initial static decanting with separation of the first sediment, then movement is activated with cadenced oxygenation. At the end of fermentation, racking and oxygenation allow the wine to clarify naturally and prevent reduction. Matured for about three months on the lees, the wine is then bottled without filtration or the addition of sulphur dioxide.
