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Il Mostro Frizzante Rosato 'Longana'
Grapes — 100% Montepulciano
Region — Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy
Tasting Notes — Deep magenta in the glass, but don't let the color fool you — this is bright, dry, and electric. Strawberry, pomegranate, and cherry seltzer on the nose with red flowers and a whisper of sea salt. The palate is juicy and lively, with a firm line of acidity cutting through the fruit and a subtle mineral finish that keeps you coming back.
The Wine — A single-vineyard ancestral method rosato from the Monteodorisio Vineyard in Chieti. Grapes are hand-harvested from 25-year-old vines growing on shallow sandy clay-loam with limestone deposits at 700 feet elevation on a northwest-facing ridge.
Farming — Certified organic since 1978 — one of the earliest certified organic vineyards in all of Italy. No pesticides, no herbicides, no synthetic inputs of any kind.
Winemaking — Hand-harvested Montepulciano is cooled at the winery and fermented naturally in sealed stainless-steel tank at a cool temperature. When the wine reaches the right level of residual sugar, it is bottled with unfermented juice, crown-capped, and allowed to complete its secondary fermentation in bottle over 2–3 months. Released undisgorged. Unfined, unfiltered, with only a minimal addition of sulfur. Pure pét-nat from start to finish.
The Producer — Il Mostro is a collaboration between the Jasci family's certified organic Monteodorisio estate in Abruzzo and the Poggio Anima project. The Marchesani family began farming this land in the mid-1960s, and when Sebastiano Jasci married into the family, he pushed for organic certification — achieved in 1978, decades before it was fashionable. Today, winemaking is in the hands of Federica Jasci, who continues to push the project forward in both vineyard and cellar. The name 'Longana' comes from a mythological creature of the northern Adriatic — part goat, part sea spirit — said to lure humans with its highly evolved knowledge of nature. We think that tracks.
Drink It With — Charcuterie, grilled octopus, a summer picnic, or straight from the bottle at a rooftop with good people.
Il Mostro Frizzante Rosato 'Longana'
Grapes — 100% Montepulciano
Region — Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy
Tasting Notes — Deep magenta in the glass, but don't let the color fool you — this is bright, dry, and electric. Strawberry, pomegranate, and cherry seltzer on the nose with red flowers and a whisper of sea salt. The palate is juicy and lively, with a firm line of acidity cutting through the fruit and a subtle mineral finish that keeps you coming back.
The Wine — A single-vineyard ancestral method rosato from the Monteodorisio Vineyard in Chieti. Grapes are hand-harvested from 25-year-old vines growing on shallow sandy clay-loam with limestone deposits at 700 feet elevation on a northwest-facing ridge.
Farming — Certified organic since 1978 — one of the earliest certified organic vineyards in all of Italy. No pesticides, no herbicides, no synthetic inputs of any kind.
Winemaking — Hand-harvested Montepulciano is cooled at the winery and fermented naturally in sealed stainless-steel tank at a cool temperature. When the wine reaches the right level of residual sugar, it is bottled with unfermented juice, crown-capped, and allowed to complete its secondary fermentation in bottle over 2–3 months. Released undisgorged. Unfined, unfiltered, with only a minimal addition of sulfur. Pure pét-nat from start to finish.
The Producer — Il Mostro is a collaboration between the Jasci family's certified organic Monteodorisio estate in Abruzzo and the Poggio Anima project. The Marchesani family began farming this land in the mid-1960s, and when Sebastiano Jasci married into the family, he pushed for organic certification — achieved in 1978, decades before it was fashionable. Today, winemaking is in the hands of Federica Jasci, who continues to push the project forward in both vineyard and cellar. The name 'Longana' comes from a mythological creature of the northern Adriatic — part goat, part sea spirit — said to lure humans with its highly evolved knowledge of nature. We think that tracks.
Drink It With — Charcuterie, grilled octopus, a summer picnic, or straight from the bottle at a rooftop with good people.