Poderi Sanguineto I & II is Dora Forsoni’s 50-hectare family estate in Montepulciano in southern Tuscany. The “I & II” is a reference to the property’s origin as a feudal farm divided into 8 sharecropping parcels: Sanguineto lies on parcels 1 & 2. Just 6 of those 50 hectares are planted to vines. 80% Prugnolo Gentile/20% Canaiolo Nero & Mammolo. Prugnolo Gentile is the variant of Sangiovese found in Montepulciano and historically co-planted with supporting varieties like Canaiolo and Mammolo. Proprietor Dora Forsoni has been farmiing her family's vines organically forever, many of them quite old (plantings go back to 1963) and all maintained meticulously by her and by hand. Soils are worked several times per year. The bunches are harvested manually and destemmed with the berries left mainly whole and layered in concrete tanks. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts. *Natural and Organic Staff Review: Wow a labor of love! Mostly Sangiovese that was all hand harvested and drinking well outside its price point. Earthy, robust, and ashy for food. Enjoy!
