2022 Fattoria Colleallodole Milziade Antano Grechetto dei Colli Martani, Umbria, Italy Le Piane and apricot

and apricot

the partners planted Grechetto Rosso in the the new vineyards planted around the new winery - this should be included in next year's bottling

the juice was racked off of the lees into neutral French oak for fermentation

he feels it is more reflective of vinification than of terroir

the Franchino winery only produces 950 cases

2022 Fattoria Colleallodole Milziade Antano Grechetto dei Colli Martani, Umbria, Italy Le Piane and apricotDirect press to stainless steel tank spontaneous fermentation of must after settling. Antano is old school in winemaking terms, a garage winemaker, with a lack of intervention in the winery, including no barrique and no high tech equipment. He maintains his father's vineyard management techniques, now considered modern, which were once considered radical when Milziade began them years ago, with aggressive green harvesting and low tonnage per acre.