2022 Ranchelle Corindo

WINEMAKER: Enrico Bachechi & Marco Giordano
REGION: Tuscany, IT
VARIETY: Ciliegiolo
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

The 2022 vintage is a single variety rosé of Ciliegiolo grapes from new vineyards of Ranchelle. Made by direct pressing after destemming and fermented without skin contact. The wine aged in stainless still till spring time and release soon after being bottled. No additives are used and no sulfites are added. 1200 bottles made.

Ranchelle was established with the goal of conserving the region’s oenological heritage. It was founded by Christoph Fischer, a German expatriate who had been working in Florence as a digital archivist. In 2014 he took over a 60-year old vineyard that was one of the few still producing traditional varieties. Ranchelle was developed with the help of Enrico Bachechi, now a distributor or natural wines in Vienna, and Marco Giordano, who runs Podere Erica in the Chianti region.

In 2015 two hectares of the vineyard were planted with indigenous varieties, half white and half red, with another hectare planted a year later. Rootstocks were created using a massale selection from the vines of friends and neighbours such as Le Coste (Procanico), Dettori (Alicante) and Antonio Camillo (Ciliegiolo). As per tradition, most of the new vines were planted bush vine style.