Podere San Cristoforo – Ameri Governo all’Uso Toscano – 2018

The “Ameri” wine of Poderi San Cristoforo is an expression of the ancient method described in 1774 as the Tuscan government for use by the Florentine Ferdinando Paoletti. This practice consists in letting the Sangiovese grapes dry either in the vineyard or in special rooms and then adding the must and the ripe skins to the fermenting must, thanks to the load of sugars the fermentation stops in a natural way giving life to a wine with aromas. primary fruit and fresh to drink relatively young. Poderi San Cristoforo carries out the drying process for two weeks with the cutting of the vine in the vineyard, furthermore after the alcoholic fermentation the wine is aged for 10 months in barrique, a slightly different style from the usual “Government”, but the winery wants to produce a wine with more complexity.
The winery is located in Gavorrano in Maremma, manages 45 hectares, but only 15 are planted with vineyards, the rest is planted with olive groves and wheat. The grapes grown on this estate are mainly Sangiovese, Petit Verdot, Syrah, Trebbiano and Vermentino. The vines are mitigated by the winds coming from the sea and have soils rich in skeleton and clay. At Podere San Cristoforo, a lot of attention and care is taken in the cultivation of the land and also in the cellar we try to be as clean as possible without the use of too many technologies, a biodynamic philosophy is followed for every process from the vineyard to the cellar. The wines of this winery will surprise you for their cleanliness and quality, of character and territorial.

• Producer: Podere San Cristoforo
• Name: Ameri Governo all’Uso Toscano
• Grape Variety: 100% Sangiovese
• Vintage: 2018
• Alcohol Content: 14%
• Bottle Size: 750 ml
• Production: 2070 bottles

Productive Notes: alcoholic fermentation with the addition of overripe must. Malolactic fermentation in barrique. Aging for 10 months in second passage barriques.