Le Rocche Malatestiane Sangiovese Coriano Sigismondo 2022

The fruit of a decade-long project by Le Rocche Malatestiane, Sigismondo is a Sangiovese Superiore DOC produced by a proven team that relies on the collaboration of some of Romagna's leading winemakers, viticulturists, and agronomists. Always attentive to the roots of its territory, the renowned Rimini winery has succeeded in combining in this wine a passion for tradition with the necessary innovation to satisfy consumer tastes. Boasting the title of being the only Sangiovese in the Rimini area to be awarded the prestigious "Tre bicchieri" prize by the experts at Gambero Rosso for best quality-price ratio, this wine represents one of the greatest successes of all Romagna wine production. Sigismondo is a wine made from 100% Sangiovese grapes grown in vineyards characterized by limestone soil and gray clay—located in Coriano, in the province of Rimini—on sunny, low-altitude hills overlooking the sea. This Sangiovese is vinified in red with 12 days of maceration and delestage. Aging takes place in a mixed manner, using a period in barrique followed by a second, longer period in steel, for a total duration of one year. The result is a delicious still red wine that enhances the many diversities of its terroir and interprets them in the spirit of specialization and modernity, but without forgetting its cultural roots (starting with the name, chosen in homage to Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini in the 15th century).