{"title":"Il Vinco","description":"\u003cp\u003eCanaiolo Nero usually gets blended into Chianti and forgotten. On the volcanic slopes above Lake Bolsena, three friends decided it deserved top billing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIl Vinco was founded in 2014 by three local friends, Daniele Manoni, Marco Fucini and Nicola Brenciaglia, in Montefiascone, in the province of Viterbo in northern Lazio. Manoni and Brenciaglia are olive-oil producers and Fucini a cattle breeder, so the project grew out of a shared agricultural life rather than a wine dynasty. The name comes from the pliable willow branch, the vinco, traditionally used to tie vines to their stakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/il-vinco\"\u003eIl Vinco producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"biancoperso-orange-il-vinco-natural-wine","title":"Il Vinco Biancoperso Orange 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiancoperso, meaning \"lost whites\" in Italian, is a skin-contact wine made from three indigenous Lazio varieties: Procanico (the local name for Trebbiano Toscano), Rossetto (Trebbiano Giallo), and Malvasia Bianca Lunga. The grapes are grown on sandy, volcanic soils at roughly 400 meters elevation in the municipality of Montefiascone, on the southern shore of Lake Bolsena in the province of Viterbo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter hand-harvesting and destemming, the grapes are fermented spontaneously with native yeasts in cement vats, left on the skins for approximately 4 days, then aged for 6 months in a combination of cement and stainless steel tanks. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered with only a small addition of sulfites. No temperature control is used during fermentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIl Vinco has farmed organically and biodynamically since 2017, applying only minimal copper and sulfur in the vineyard and no synthetic herbicides or fertilizers. The volcanic lake microclimate moderates temperatures, and the well-drained tuffaceous soils lend the wine its characteristic mineral salinity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a golden-hued orange wine with a bright, fresh palate, structured enough from skin contact to hold up to food but approachable enough to drink on its own. It sits within the Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone DOC production zone, though it is sold as IGT Lazio to allow for the non-conventional winemaking approach.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Il Vinco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41098299703495,"sku":"ILVINCO-BIANCOPERSO","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/il-vinco-biancoperso-orange-natural-wine-primal-wine-natural-wine-primal-wine-copyright.png?v=1781888275"},{"product_id":"canajo-vino-rosso-il-vinco-natural-wine","title":"Il Vinco Canajò Vino Rosso 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eIl Vinco Canajò Vino Rosso is a natural red wine made from 100% Canaiolo Nero grapes. The grapes are sourced from 20+ year-old vines planted in cordone speronato on volcanic sand soils at 380 meters above sea level in the commune of Capodimonte sul Lago di Bolsena. The vineyard has been biodynamic since 2017, using only small amounts of copper and sulfur. After crushing and de-stemming, the grapes undergo spontaneous fermentation in concrete tanks for eight days. The wine is then transferred to stainless steel vats where it rests for three months before release. Minimal SO₂ (26 mg\/l) is added only at bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Il Vinco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41098391191751,"sku":"ILVINCO-CANAJO","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/canajo-vino-rosso-il-vinco-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784583962"},{"product_id":"mistione-rosato-il-vinco-natural-wine","title":"Il Vinco Mistione Rosato 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eMistione Rosato is a field-blend rosé from Il Vinco, made from four indigenous varieties grown on volcanic and sandy soils on the southern shore of Lago di Bolsena in Lazio: Canaiolo Nero (red), Procanico, Rossetto, and Malvasia Bianca Lunga (all white). The name Mistione means \"mix\" or \"blend\" in Italian, which describes the wine precisely. The vineyards sit around 380 to 400 meters above sea level in the communes of Capodimonte and Marta, Viterbo province.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach variety is fermented separately in concrete tanks using wild, native yeasts. The Canaiolo Nero is left on the skins for two days to extract color and structure, while the white varieties are pressed and fermented without extended skin contact. After fermentation, the wines are aged six months in stainless steel and fiberglass with no added sulfites before blending and bottling. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a dry, lightly copper-pink rosé with aromas of fresh strawberry, wild cherry, and a saline mineral edge drawn from the volcanic soil. On the palate it is fresh and light-bodied with lively acidity and a clean, fruit-forward finish. It drinks well slightly chilled and is built for the table, not the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Il Vinco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41098765795527,"sku":"ilvinco-mistione","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/mistione-rosato-il-vinco-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784583970"},{"product_id":"le-capannacce-rosso-il-vinco-natural-wine","title":"Il Vinco Le Capannacce Rosso 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eIl Vinco Le Capannacce Rosso 2019 is a natural red wine produced from 100% Grechetto Rosso, a local variant of Sangiovese indigenous to the hills around Lake Bolsena in northern Lazio. The grapes come from a family vineyard belonging to producer Marco Fucini, planted on sandy volcanic soils at 250 to 450 meters above sea level on the southern shore of the lake near Montefiascone. After hand-harvesting, the grapes are destemmed and macerated on the skins for ten days in cement vats with spontaneous fermentation and no temperature control. Il Vinco Le Capannacce Rosso 2019 is then aged for ten months in stainless steel and cement tanks, and bottled unfined, unfiltered, and without added sulfur.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Il Vinco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41098779328711,"sku":"ILVINCO-CAPANNACCE","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/le-capannacce-rosso-il-vinco-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784583978"},{"product_id":"rosato-lammidia-natural-wine","title":"Il Vinco Mistione Rosato 2021","description":"","brand":"Il Vinco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42098862686424,"sku":"LAMMMISC19C","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/lammidia-rosato-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780185274"},{"product_id":"il-vinco-mistione-bianco-natural-wine","title":"Il Vinco Mistione Bianco 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eIl Vinco Mistione Bianco is a natural orange wine from Lazio, Italy, made from indigenous white grapes including Procanico, Rossetto, and Malvasia Bianca Lunga. Produced by three friends—Daniele Manoni, Marco Fucini, and Nicola Brenciaglia—near Lake Bolsena in Capodimonte, the wine comes from 3 hectares of volcanic soils at 380-400 meters elevation. The grapes undergo two-day skin maceration in fiberglass tanks with spontaneous fermentation using native yeasts, followed by six months aging in steel tanks without added sulfites.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Il Vinco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49970216009944,"sku":"ILVINCO-MISTIONEBIANCO","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/files\/il-vinco-mistione-bianco-natural-wine-deslop.png?v=1784586525"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/il-vinco.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}