| Type | White |
|---|---|
| Appellation | Famoso Rubicone IGP |
| Grapes | Famoso (rare indigenous Romagna variety; name from Latin 'famosus') |
| ABV | 12.5% |
| Volumes | 0.75 L |
| Vinification | Cold fermentation with soft pressing |
| Serving temp. | 10-12°C |
| Ageing | 6 months sur lie in stainless steel |
| Style | Delicate, mineral, rare indigenous Romagna white |
| Food pairing | Fish; shellfish; aperitif; light pasta; fresh cheeses |
Famoso is the white wine of the Tenuta Casali estate — produced from the Famoso grape, a rare indigenous variety of Romagna that takes its name from the Latin for famous, and that the Casali family has cultivated with the same passion for indigenous variety preservation that characterises the estate's most distinctive productions. Famoso is not a grape found in mainstream Italian wine production; its cultivation has been maintained by a small number of Romagna estates committed to the territory's viticultural heritage, and the Casali family's decision to produce it as a standalone wine is an act of genuine commitment to Romagna's indigenous identity.
The production follows the estate's consistent approach to its white wines: cold fermentation with soft pressing — the gentlest possible extraction to preserve the delicate aromatic compounds of a variety whose character is easily lost to aggressive handling — followed by ageing sur lie for six months in stainless steel. The lees contact develops the complexity and texture that distinguishes this wine from simpler, more immediately released white wine productions.
The Famoso grape, when treated with the care that the Casali family brings to its production, delivers a white wine of genuine character: the cold fermentation preserves the delicate aromatics of the variety, the lees ageing adds texture and the particular autolytic richness that months of contact with fine lees consistently provides, and the stainless steel vessel ensures that the wine's mineral freshness — the contribution of the old fluvial terrace soils and the Romagna Apennine foothills climate — remains clear and precise throughout.
Famoso Rubicone IGP is a wine that places the Tenuta Casali estate among the small group of Romagna producers committed to the full expression of the territory's indigenous white variety heritage — a heritage that extends beyond the celebrated Albana DOCG to include this rarer and less well-known variety of genuine quality and genuine character.
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