Sanguineto I e II Toscana Rosato 2022
Location: Italy, Tuscany
Winemaker: Dora Forsoni
Grapes: Sangiovese
From the Importer Louis/Dressner: Poderi Sanguineto 1 & 2 is the family estate of Dora Forsoni in Montepulciano, the legendary hill town of southern Tuscany. Dora and her partner Patrizia Castiglioni continue to do all the work on the farm where Dora's father taught her from generations of knowledge how to tend the old vines of true Prugnolo Gentile, Mammolo, Canaiolo, Nero Toscano and Sangiovese and how to make the wine as it has been made for generations.
Dora has been working on the farm since 1968. Vines have always represented a small part of the 35 hectare property (4.7 hectares as of 2013). Up until 1997, the wine had always been sold indiscriminately in bulk. In 1996, while cleaning up some of her father's old belongings, Dora found one of the very few unmarked bottles he had kept for himself. While the vintage was unknown, it was most probably from the late 1970's. More importantly, the wine was so good that it inspired Dora to start bottling independently.
Dora is a true force of nature. Now well into her 70's, she still farms 100% of the vineyards alone, only allowing outsiders during harvest time to pick grapes. She is an avid hunter who "hates wasting bullets" and butchers all her kills. And despite her rugged exterior, she's one of the funniest, warmest, friendliest, brutally honest and passionate people we've ever met. And to top it off, she has excellent fashion sense; her sister works for a high end Milanese fashion line and gets Dora exclusive, tailored pieces that that make her look like a rock star. Truth be told, she actually is one.
There are no herbicides or pesticides used here. The fermentations are done using indigenous yeasts in either concrete vats or old botti of slavonian oak. The results are an exciting revelation of focused, clear terroir wines from a region most people associate with a forest of spoof.
Dora’s Rosato is 100% Sangiovese, from a rented parcel of vines planted to sand and clay just outside of Montepulciano. Direct press, spontaneous fermentation lasts around 30 days. Vinified and aged in glasslined cement and steel tanks.
Location: Italy, Tuscany
Winemaker: Dora Forsoni
Grapes: Sangiovese
From the Importer Louis/Dressner: Poderi Sanguineto 1 & 2 is the family estate of Dora Forsoni in Montepulciano, the legendary hill town of southern Tuscany. Dora and her partner Patrizia Castiglioni continue to do all the work on the farm where Dora's father taught her from generations of knowledge how to tend the old vines of true Prugnolo Gentile, Mammolo, Canaiolo, Nero Toscano and Sangiovese and how to make the wine as it has been made for generations.
Dora has been working on the farm since 1968. Vines have always represented a small part of the 35 hectare property (4.7 hectares as of 2013). Up until 1997, the wine had always been sold indiscriminately in bulk. In 1996, while cleaning up some of her father's old belongings, Dora found one of the very few unmarked bottles he had kept for himself. While the vintage was unknown, it was most probably from the late 1970's. More importantly, the wine was so good that it inspired Dora to start bottling independently.
Dora is a true force of nature. Now well into her 70's, she still farms 100% of the vineyards alone, only allowing outsiders during harvest time to pick grapes. She is an avid hunter who "hates wasting bullets" and butchers all her kills. And despite her rugged exterior, she's one of the funniest, warmest, friendliest, brutally honest and passionate people we've ever met. And to top it off, she has excellent fashion sense; her sister works for a high end Milanese fashion line and gets Dora exclusive, tailored pieces that that make her look like a rock star. Truth be told, she actually is one.
There are no herbicides or pesticides used here. The fermentations are done using indigenous yeasts in either concrete vats or old botti of slavonian oak. The results are an exciting revelation of focused, clear terroir wines from a region most people associate with a forest of spoof.
Dora’s Rosato is 100% Sangiovese, from a rented parcel of vines planted to sand and clay just outside of Montepulciano. Direct press, spontaneous fermentation lasts around 30 days. Vinified and aged in glasslined cement and steel tanks.
Location: Italy, Tuscany
Winemaker: Dora Forsoni
Grapes: Sangiovese
From the Importer Louis/Dressner: Poderi Sanguineto 1 & 2 is the family estate of Dora Forsoni in Montepulciano, the legendary hill town of southern Tuscany. Dora and her partner Patrizia Castiglioni continue to do all the work on the farm where Dora's father taught her from generations of knowledge how to tend the old vines of true Prugnolo Gentile, Mammolo, Canaiolo, Nero Toscano and Sangiovese and how to make the wine as it has been made for generations.
Dora has been working on the farm since 1968. Vines have always represented a small part of the 35 hectare property (4.7 hectares as of 2013). Up until 1997, the wine had always been sold indiscriminately in bulk. In 1996, while cleaning up some of her father's old belongings, Dora found one of the very few unmarked bottles he had kept for himself. While the vintage was unknown, it was most probably from the late 1970's. More importantly, the wine was so good that it inspired Dora to start bottling independently.
Dora is a true force of nature. Now well into her 70's, she still farms 100% of the vineyards alone, only allowing outsiders during harvest time to pick grapes. She is an avid hunter who "hates wasting bullets" and butchers all her kills. And despite her rugged exterior, she's one of the funniest, warmest, friendliest, brutally honest and passionate people we've ever met. And to top it off, she has excellent fashion sense; her sister works for a high end Milanese fashion line and gets Dora exclusive, tailored pieces that that make her look like a rock star. Truth be told, she actually is one.
There are no herbicides or pesticides used here. The fermentations are done using indigenous yeasts in either concrete vats or old botti of slavonian oak. The results are an exciting revelation of focused, clear terroir wines from a region most people associate with a forest of spoof.
Dora’s Rosato is 100% Sangiovese, from a rented parcel of vines planted to sand and clay just outside of Montepulciano. Direct press, spontaneous fermentation lasts around 30 days. Vinified and aged in glasslined cement and steel tanks.