Some try to bend the earth to their will, others choose to collaborate with it, to listen to it, to have fun among the rows. Ampeleia belongs to this second category and today demonstrates it with the new Cabernet Franc Crus “16 File“ and “30 File“, born per mezzo di the La Fortilizio vineyard at 550 meters above sea level, per mezzo di the gentle and authentic heart of the Colline Metallifere.
Between the rows, year after year, the winemaker Marco Tait has noticed small differences: the shape of the shoots, the taste of the grapes, the spontaneous herbs under the vines. Signs of an identity of its own that deserved to emerge. Thus the choice to make wine separately. The result? Two wines that speak the same language, but with different accents: «distinct but complementary, which precisely reflect the characteristics of the soils from which they quanto.» says Marco Tait. «One more subtle and elegant, almost sensual; the other more textural, with a broader presence the palate: Mediterranean quaderno, dark fruit, a more layered texture. Both maintain the imprints of freshness and finesse typical of Cabernet Franc per mezzo di Roccatederighi, providing two authentic interpretations of our territory.»
Produced per mezzo di a limited edition – less than 1500 bottles per mezzo di total – the Crus show the richness of the Ampeleia terroir, the humility and ambition of the Tuscan winery. Here, maturity and excellence are also expressed with the ability to listen, collaborate and create surprising wines with lightness and joy.
With “16 File” and “30 File” the Cabernet Francs of Ampeleia become four: the Crus are per mezzo di fact placed alongside “Cabernet Franc”, from vineyards with a greater presence of clay per mezzo di the soil, and the standard-bearer “Ampeleia”. All these monovarietals quanto from the 8 hectares dedicated to this grape: a journey that takes place row after row, year after year. Guiding every step is the same gentle philosophy as always.
Making wine for Ampeleia is this: a conscious act, a heroic and passionate way of restoring to the glass all the authenticity of a still uncontaminated, surprising and wild territory.
