I Cangianti Ambiguo Red 2020

Ambiguo is a 50/50 co-fermentation of Prugnolo Gentile, a Sangiovese clone grown at 280-300 meters on sandy and tufaceous soils, and San Colombano, a rare white variety grown at around 250 meters on similar sandy-tufaceous soils. Both plots sit on the Tuscan side of the Tuscany-Umbria border, near Perugia, on the outskirts of Montepulciano wine country. Prugnolo vines are 20 years old; the San Colombano vines are 35-40 years old, both trained to spurred cordon.

Red and white grapes are co-fermented together for 7-8 days on the skins with no temperature control, using only spontaneous native yeasts. No additives are used at any stage. After fermentation, the wine ages 8 months in stainless steel (inox) tanks, then is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with no added sulfites. Annual production is approximately 2,000 bottles.

The name Ambiguo refers to the wine's ambiguous identity: co-fermenting a red and a white grape produces a wine that shifts in character depending on context. It registers as a light red by color and structure, but carries the lift and freshness of a white. It falls under the Vino Rosso denomination, with no DOC or DOCG classification.

I Cangianti was founded in 2019 by brothers Luca and Matias Stoppini. The winery is farmed organically and biodynamically with no chemical inputs and permanent ground cover between vine rows.