M�rke: Bigi

Gradering : 12.5% vol.

This wine, fine, delicately fruity, fresh and easy drinking, is produced 100% from the grape variety of the same name, also, in the popular culture of Central Italy, called Strozzavolpe*. These grapes, characteristic of Umbria, are vinified in steel tanks, where the new wine develops until the spring following the vintage. Strozzavolpe was born with the 2006 vintage.

*The name Strozzavolpe evokes the image of a kind of wild animal who, with skill, man succeeds in taming. It brings to mind, in fact, a fable according to which a rather quick-witted fox managed to escape from the hunters’ guns thanks to its ability to conceal itself only to end up in the hands of a prince who sets a trap at night in which it is strangled.

Strozzavolpe Grechetto dell’Umbria IGT

Grapes: 100% Grechetto.

Vineyard: the most acclaimed parcels in the neighbourhood of Orvieto on hilly ground at 300 metres altitude facing South-West; the vines, planted with a density of 4.500 plants per hectare, are trained by the spurred cordon and Guyot systems on clayey-stony soil; the yield of wine is 56 hectolitres per hectare.

Vinification: the alcoholic fermentation and ageing for 5 months in stainless steel tanks.

Wine: bright, pale yellow colour with golden tints; fine and elegant bouquet with a marked fragrance of exotic fruits and apricots; well-balanced, fresh, velvety flavour with a
clean and pleasant, slightly bitter aftertaste of peach kernels.

Alcohol: 12.50% vol.

Optimum keeping: 1-2 years in bottles stored horizontally in cool, dark conditions.

Food matches: aperitif, hors d’oeuvres, first courses, fish, white meats, young cheeses.

Serving temperature: 11°C as an aperitif, 13°C with food.

Launch vintage: 2006.