Umani Ronchi, 2009 Lacrima di Morro d'Alba, Fonte del Re.

Fonte del Re is a local place-name referring to the site where an old spring rose. It is not far from Morro d’Alba, the town in the Marche hills which since 1985 has given its name to the DOC appellation.

Grapes: Lacrima di Morro d'Alba 100%.

Lacrima, so called from the characteristic tear-drop which weeps from the cluster when the grapes are fully ripe, is a vine that has been known since ancient times. It has been saved from extinction, and is currently cultivated in a tiny production area around Morro d’Alba (near Ancona), about 15 km from the Adriatic sea.

This wine presents a deep ruby red colour with evident shades of violet. The nose is remarkable for a delicate and characteristic, intense and aromatic vinous aroma, suggestive of roses, violets and brushwood. Flavour dry and warm, with clear and pungent but not rasping tannins. Soft and fairly rounded, and also with good body and persistence.