Sangiovese Superiore Riserva AVI 2021

The Sangiovese di Romagna Avi riserva is produced in the San Patrignano winery, founded in the late 1970s with the aim of creating a community based on solidarity. It began as a community for drug addicts, with the aim of helping and giving a home to those who had lost their way, with simple activities such as agriculture in contact with nature and the Rimini hills. Initially, it started with simple Sangiovese and Trebbiano table grapes, but over time and with the desire for self-sufficiency, the vineyards now extend for 100 hectares.

The San Patrignano Sangiovese di Romagna Avi is The maximum expression of the quality of the Sangiovese produced in San Patrignano and is dedicated to AVIncenzo, creator of the community. Wine production is a process that lasts all year round and the harvest is nothing more than the result of the efforts and attention of the community's young people to the vineyards throughout the vegetative cycle. The grapes are harvested in mid-October and, as soon as they are picked, they are immediately taken to the cellar to be pressed and, after destemming, softly crushed. The must is transferred into steel tanks for a slow fermentation with periodic pumping over and a long maceration on the skins. The wine is then left to rest and age for 18 months in traditional 30-hectoliter Slavonian oak barrels. Before being sold, it ages for a further year in the bottle. The result is an elegant wine with the structure and tannic texture typical of Sangiovese DOC di Romagna.