Romagna is Sangiovese country. Some believe that this is where the great central Italian grape variety originated - and not in Tuscany. In Valmarecchia, the home of Tenuta Saiano, it has been planted for centuries in a soil whose mixture of chalk, sandstone and clay gives the variety tension and structure.
The grapes of Mai Uguale, Tenuta Saiano's masterpiece, come from the estate's highest vineyards. As a result, they ripen later and generally have a little more extract and acidity than those from lower-lying plots. Harvested by hand, the whole, uncrushed grapes are fermented spontaneously and matured for 18 months in large oak barrels.
The result is beautiful: balanced and complex, with flavours that range from cherries and citrus fruits to violets and undergrowth and are carried across the palate by a cool and elegant body with no wavering.
Data Sheet
- Grape variety: Sangiovese
- Vineyard: A mixture of clay, sandstone & chalk
- Harvest: By hand
- Fermentation: Spontaneous | Wild yeast, 3-week shell contact
- Ageing: 18 months in the 15HL tonneaux
- Filtration: no
- SO₂: <30mg/l
- Alcohol content: 12.5% vol.
- Closure: Natural corks
- Perfect drinking maturity: From now on - 2035
- Content and price per liter: 0.75 l/(€ 37.37/l)
- All winemakers listed at Vinonudo work in their vineyards with compost, organic fertilizer and natural preparations and do without the use of herbicides, pesticides and artificial fertilizers.
