Il Mostro "Longana" Frizzante Rosato Terre di Chieti, NV

''Il Mostro' was conceived as a new experimental project from Poggio Anima. The names of the wines are derived from children's bedtime warnings throughout Europe. This is a single-vineyard wine from the Monteodorisio Vineyard in Chieti, Abruzzo. '''Longana' is a mythological creature that calls the caves above the cliffs of the northern Adriatic Sea home. ''Longana' have limbs of a goat which aide in traversing the mountains of Alto Adige and the Veneto but are frequently spotted in the sea. They are stunningly beautiful creatures that have been known to woo humans with their highly evolved knowledge of nature. Their intuitiveness with the spirits of nature is what prompted this wine to be named after these beautiful creatures.

The Montepulciano was hand-harvested in mid-September from three blocks on a northwest facing ridge at 700 feet in elevation. The majority of the grapes were cooled down at the winery and fermented at a cool 60ºF with the remaining grapes being whole-bunch pressed to tank with a bit of skin contact and chilled very cold to prevent fermentation and held in tank. Primary fermentation occurred naturally in a sealed stainless-steel tank and when the wine reached 15 g/L residual sugar the tank was cooled down in order to hold the ferment at 10 g/L. The wine was bottled and topped with more of the unfermented juice from tank and the bottles were crown sealed. Secondary fermentation occurred over the next 2-3 months and the wine was released without disgorgement.

Grapes: 100% Montepulciano
Soil Type: Shallow sandy, clay loam with limestone deposits
Vine Age: 25-years-old
Fermentation: Native – stainless steel
Skin Contact: None
Aging: 2 weeks in stainless-steel then bottled at 10g/L RS and aged for 2-3 months in bottle
Alcohol: 12.5%