Tasting Notes: The Ciavolich Pecorino Colline Pescaresi Fosso Cancelli is a deep golden color in the glass. This white from the Pecorino grape is dense yet lithe, with stone fruit, white flowers and gentle spices caressing the palate. Aged on fine lees in 15hl Slavonian oak barrels and in terracotta amphorae for about two years, the wine is then racked and bottled without filtering.
Estate History: In the early 2000's, Chiara Ciavolich was compelled to better understand the wines of her ancestors who migrated to the area in the 1500's - she even has an incredible cellar dating back to that time with a storied local history of being occupied by the SS during the Second World War. Of this desire, the crown jewels of her farm were born - the rare and singular "Fosso Cancelli" wines. The Fosso Cancelli bottles are made from the finest plots (generally old vines), crushed in a wooden basket press, fermented with native yeasts in old oak and/or amphora without temperature control and bottled entirely by hand.
