55 Cases Produced
Wine aged in a clay amphora is a practice that originated over 6,000 years ago. We chose to create this Open Gate Vineyard Sangiovese in this original ancient style. The fruit for this wine was fermented and aged in a clay amphora allowing for the purest expression of the grapes. Aged for 6 months on the skins and an additional 18 months after pressing extracted deep flavors and structure from the fruit. The wine has an expressive, round, fruit forward nose with aromas of sage, tea spice, and ripe plum followed by a textured mid-palate and smooth finish.