2019 Palazzo Tronconi 'Zitore'

Region: Lazio < Italy Grapes: Lecinaro  Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified biodynamic farming; mixture of clay-limestone soils; fermentation (with 50% de-stemmed) in large oak barrels; no stabilizing, no clarification or filtration. Aged for 18 months in oak then rests 6 months in bottle; unfined/unfiltered with no added SO2; 12% ABV Winemaker: Marco Marrocco Marco’s family owned this pristine vineyard land, in a medieval hill town on the border between Lazio and Campania, for generations.  His grandfather basically sold out to international varieties and sold off much of the grapes, but in 2010 Marco Marocco, an engineer, took over the 3.5 hectares of vineyard land, returned to school (at age 37) to get his Italian Somm and Oenology degrees, then headed off to make wine in Bordeaux. When he returned to his land a few years later, Marco revived abandoned, ancient vines that had been grown there for centuries.  Zitore is Marco's homage to his grandfather, Salvatore (his nickname wa