Francesco and Michela Cirelli’s farm incorporates olive trees, vegetables, fruits, animal husbandry, and of course wine grapes, all balanced in a harmonious eco-system completely with no need whatsoever for any kind of unnatural chemical intervention. With their hard work the land offers up olive oil, wine, vegetables, fruit and meats of supreme quality. Francesco’s amphora aged wines are where his heart lies, a true high-effort passion-project, as he describes: “There is an obligation to only interact manually with the juice, using nothing other than your body. If you have to clean the vessel, you have to go inside it with your swim suit to clean the vessel. This makes for a more emotional process and requires more effort. It’s you and the clay vessel, that is all.” Expect a full-bodied and fruit-driven expression here, with finely -perfumed damson plum and blackberry supported by a firm mineral backbone and fine-grained silky tannins. Showing well already and continue to develop nicely in the cellar for a decade or more.
Certified organic. Practicing biodynamic. 100% montepulciano d’Abruzzo. Aged two years in amphora. DOC Montepulciano D'Abruzzo, Italy.
Francesco and Michela Cirelli’s farm incorporates olive trees, vegetables, fruits, animal husbandry, and of course wine grapes, all balanced in a harmonious eco-system completely with no need whatsoever for any kind of unnatural chemical intervention. With their hard work the land offers up olive oil, wine, vegetables, fruit and meats of supreme quality. Francesco’s amphora aged wines are where his heart lies, a true high-effort passion-project, as he describes: “There is an obligation to only interact manually with the juice, using nothing other than your body. If you have to clean the vessel, you have to go inside it with your swim suit to clean the vessel. This makes for a more emotional process and requires more effort. It’s you and the clay vessel, that is all.” Expect a full-bodied and fruit-driven expression here, with finely -perfumed damson plum and blackberry supported by a firm mineral backbone and fine-grained silky tannins. Showing well already and continue to develop nicely in the cellar for a decade or more.
Certified organic. Practicing biodynamic. 100% montepulciano d’Abruzzo. Aged two years in amphora. DOC Montepulciano D'Abruzzo, Italy.
