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Wine Description
The Story
Serrano is a wine which expresses the typical character which distinguishes Rosso Conero DOC. It is the result of a blend between Montepulciano and a small proportion of Sangiovese, both vinified using techniques aimed at emphasising fruit and approachability, typical qualities of production areas near the Adriatic.
First vintage: 1970
Vineyards: The vineyards from which Serrano is produced are located on our two estates in the Osimo and Ancona areas, on soils of a predominantly clayey and calcareous character. The yields are between nine and ten tons per hectare.
An estate that covers a total of 35 hectares, San Lorenzo is one of the vineyards the Bianchi-Bernettis have owned for longest. It was here in the mid Sixties that the family began planting plots for the production of Rosso Conero. It was here, too, that the first small plot of Cabernet Sauvignon was planted in the mid Eighties.
From the mid Nineties, the estate’s constant experiments with more modern, rational vine cultivation techniques led to the replanting of most of the old vines at much higher densities using cordon training and spur pruning. In the meantime, this superb vineyard produced wines like Cumaro, San Lorenzo and Pelago. The vineyard’s best growing site was replanted in the early Noughties with vines that would, along with a section of an adjacent older vineyard, become the heart of a project the created Campo San Giorgio.
Harvest: The harvest is carried out both by hand and mechanically and normally takes place in the period from the end of September to the end of the first ten days of October.
Winemaking: The grapes are destalked and lightly crushed, then vinified using the cold-soak technique, which has the object of promoting the extraction of primary aromas from the fruit. After the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations, the wine is aged in steel tanks for about 4-5 months.
Winemaker's tasting notes: Ruby red colour with violet tints, with a characteristic vinous bouquet from which emerges a clean aroma of ripe black cherry which dominates the senses of smell and taste. Plenty of flesh and great roundness of flavour, combined with good structure, ensure pleasant drinkability.
Serving glass: Goblet of medium size and roughly spherical shape, to allow adequate oxygenation and development of the aromas.
