Podere San Biagio, Controguerra
Jacopo Fiore took over some of the vineyards from his father in 2014. This place, situated between Marche, San Grasso and the Adriatic sea has been in his family for more than 30 years, with both vineyards, vegetable gardens, an agriturismo & restaurant. The whole idea with this place is to enact and also to teach a sustainable and diverse way of farming and living.
All crops are tended in a biodynamic way. They also make fantastic olive oil which we love and keep in stock sometimes.
Jacopo is today tending 6,5 ha of vines. He was from the start convinced that making natural wines was his thing and slowly persuaded his father, Pietro, that this is the way to go. Now his dad can’t drink anything else. Pietro is still helping him a lot but also enjoys some well-deserved retirement.
Jacopo has a big experimental lust both when it comes to the wines and labels so every year with San Biagio will be an adventure.
Playful, fruity, pure and fun are the words we like to use when describing the wines!
2020 Sgarzella Frizzante
Soil: Limestone
Grape: Passerina
Appellation: VDT
Age of Vines: Planted 1996
Vinification: 2 days of skin maceration before press and continous fermentation and ageing in stainless steel tanks for 11 months before bottling with some fresh must from 2021 to restart fermentation in bottle and create perfect bubbles.
2020 Saltarella
Soil: Limestone
Grape: Trebbiano, Passerina & Pecorino
Appellation: VDT
Age of Vines: Planted 1996
Vinification: After pressing the different grape varieties separately the final wine was assembled and left to rest on the lees in tank for 1,5 years before bottling.
2020 Migrante
Soil: Limestone
Grape: Pecorino
Appellation: VDT
Age of Vines: Planted 1996
Vinification: 5 days skin maceration before press and continous fermentation and ageing in stainless steel tanks for 9 months before bottling.
2020 Trebbiano
Soil: Limestone
Grape: Trebbiano
Appellation: Colli Aprutini IGT
Age of Vines: Planted 1991
Vinification: 30 days of skin contact in amphora followed by 9 months of ageing in amphora.
No added so2.
2020 Briscola e Tressette
Soil: Limestone
Grape: 100% Montepulciano
Appellation: IGT colli aprunti rosato
Age of Vines: 1981
Vinification: Destemmed and macerated over one night before pressing and ageing took place in stainless steel tanks for 6 months before bottling.
2022 Funcool
Soil: Limestone
Grape: Cab Franc
Appellation: DOC Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Age of Vines: Planted 1981
Vinification: 15 days of carbonic maceration for a light extraction. Aged for 8 months in steel tank before bottling.
2020, 2021 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo ‘Cafone’
Soil: Limestone
Grape: 100% Montepulciano
Appellation: DOC Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Age of Vines: planted 1981
Vinification: Destemmed and fermented with the skins with very little extraction for 15 days in open vats. After pressing ageing took place in stainless steel tanks for 12 months before bottling
2016 Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC
Soil: Limestone
Grape: 100% Montepulciano
Appellation: DOC Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Age of Vines: Planted 1981
Vinification: Destemmed and fermented with the skins with very little extraction for 20 days in open vats. After pressing ageing took place in big old oak barrels for 24 months before bottling. These grapes are the latest harvested, in mid October and got a little bit of botrytis on them by the time, which leads to a high concentration, totally dry though.
2017 Vino Cotto
Soil: Limestone
Grape: 50% Montepulciano 50% Malvasia
Appellation: DOC Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Age of Vines: Planted 1981- 1996
Vinification: this is an ancient way to make sweet wine.
Late harvest, slow direct press followed by reducing the must through boiling (cotto menas boil) in a large copper pot for about 6 hours to concentrate the sugar. After cooling down, a little bit of fresh must is added (full of natural yeasts) and the fermentation starts. Bottled after ageing 4 years in old barrels.