ROCCAFIORE Fiordaliso Bianco 2021
VARIETALS: 100% Grechetto di Todi
Viticulture Area: Umbria, Italy

Producing wine is an art. And, like any art, it requires technical expertise but also inspiration. Roccafiore, where vision and courage form a concept of wine.

“Today, in addition to the essential quality of the grapes, creating excellent wines requires vision, innovation and nerve.” According to Leonardo and Luca Baccarelli, this is the winning formula for enacting a solid idea of viticulture, as a result of a detailed dialogue between the head and heart, bearing the fundamental principles of belonging, identity and character.

Todi is located in Umbria – the green heart of Italy – in the valley extending from Perugia to Terni. The river Tiber laps this fertile countryside and then sinuously diverts towards Orvieto before resuming its course. The landscape consists of a series of rolling hills largely covered with woods. The crops alternate between
vineyards, olive groves and arable land with an extensive number of stone buildings that testify to the agricultural tradition of these lands that extends back through the centuries. This undulating area offers a unique and unspoiled landscape, forming an agricultural setting of great history and charm.

Vineyards specifications: The fifteen hectares of vineyards are united in a single expanse, entirely located in the Municipality of Todi. It is here, from the very first day, we have followed the dictates of organic and sustainable farming, believed to be a natural and rational approach, combined with meticulous manual labour in order to bring healthy and perfect grapes to the cellar.

Cantina Roccafiore
Grape variety: 100% grechetto di Todi – G5 clone, from sustainable farming
Vineyards specifications: vines planted in 2004 with guyot training system, east/south-east exposure, white clay and limestone soils
Plant density and yield: 6.500 plants/hectare with a production of 1,5 kg of grapes per plant (95 quintals/hectare)
Harvest: totally hand-picked in the first week of September
Winemaking: the grapes are gently destemmed and pressed, the must naturally decants for 12/24 hours and the fermentation takes place with wild yeast in stainless steel tank, where temperatures are strictly controlled
Ageing: 6 months in stainless steel tank in contact with the fine lees, it doesn’t go through the malolactic fermentation and, after being bottled, it refines at the least 3 months in the bottle.

A story of inspiration, heart and passion: According to Leonardo Baccarelli, “land” is not merely soil but the inspiration for advancement with beauty as the lynch pin, as a tangible sign of respect for the community. In winemaking, the propulsive barycentre of a noble countryside aims to shore up the aesthetics with logic, in the conviction that the goodness of the fruit can only derive from the harmony of the location.

Grechetto refers to two distinct grape varieties, Grechetto di Orvieto and Grechetto di Todi. Both are grown extensively in Umbria, and in Emilia-Romagna.

Tasting Notes: Color : Straw-yellow wine with golden lights. Aromas : Bouquets of white flowers, pleasant pink grapefruit and green apple notes. Taste : Dry, fresh and salty, adequately vibrant, it tastes lingers and mineral.

Food Suggestions: Pumpkin-stuffed pasta (tortelli di zucca) (dry), Parmesan crusted scallops (dry), Almond cookies (sweet)

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