Fosso Cancelli was born in 2007 from the strong desire to create a wine of great craftsmanship and tradition. This wine reflects the ancient soul of the company and goes to photograph a well-defined historical period that has made the history of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo, the fermentation in cement. The name recalls the ditch that delimits the vineyards where the Montepulciano grapes are selected and harvested. These are the oldest vineyards on the Loreto Aprutino estate and are shown on the label to underline the great bond with the territory.
Intense ruby red in colour, it explodes into a range of ethereal scents of fruit in alcohol and liquorice, typical of Montepulciano. A full-bodied wine, with balanced tannins, accompanied by a pleasant freshness and flavour. It goes well with typical meat dishes such as roast lamb with potatoes, brisket of beef cooked in a wood-fired oven, roast stuffed guinea fowl and pappardelle with hare sauce.
The Ciavolich family is an ancient family of Bulgarian origin of wool merchants who arrived in Italy, in Miglianico, in 1560.
They became landowners in 1700.
In 1853 Francesco Ciavolich built the first winery, today one of the oldest and most impressive in Abruzzo.
At the end of 1800, the marriage between Giuseppe Ciavolich and the noblewoman Ernestina Vicini marked the turning point of the Loreto Aprutino farm. She promoted one of the most active literary salons at the beginning of the century in her palace in Chieti, receiving friends such as Costantino Bardella and Francesco Paolo Michetti. Her son Giustino took over the family's agricultural estates, passing them on to his son Giuseppe.
In 1943, the Germans established their headquarters in the Miglianico palace. The family took refuge in the underground cellar.
In the 1960s, the family inherited the Loreto Aprutino estate from Donna Ernestina. Here Giuseppe Ciavolich planted the vineyards of Montepulciano, Trebbiano and Cococciola that today Chiara Ciavolich continues to cultivate in order to transfer an ancient history into the centuries, through wine, the red thread connecting past, present and future.
C.da Salmacina, 11, 65014 , Loreto Aprutino, Italy
