Sauvignon "Sottovento" 2022

Ronchi di Castelluccio's Sauvignon "Sottovento" 2022 is a Rubicone IGT Sauvignon Blanc born in Modigliana from vines planted in 1989.

Ronchi di Castelluccio works in the hills of Modigliana, in Romagna, in an Apennine landscape of woods, wind, and slopes. Sottovento comes from Sauvignon Blanc vines planted in 1989, at 390 meters above sea level, and its name evokes one of the strongest images of this place: the sea breeze that reaches the hills and crosses the vineyard.

It is a wine that belongs to the recent rebirth of Ronchi di Castelluccio, carried forward since 2020 by brothers Aldo and Paolo Rametta with the idea of returning to interpret the individual "ronchi" as distinct parcels. Here, Sauvignon is not treated as just any international grape variety, but as a precise voice of Modigliana: marl, calcareous sandstone, old vines, and an agricultural history that combines memory, landscape, and vision.

The Winery: Ronchi di Castelluccio

Ronchi di Castelluccio was founded in Modigliana in 1974 by a visionary project of Gian Vittorio Baldi, an intellectual and film director who envisioned an ambitious, territorial winery linked to the interpretation of individual vineyards on the cold and wooded slopes of the Romagna Apennines. After years that made the Ronchi famous among enthusiasts and with the support of Luigi Veronelli, the project found new energy in 2020 with Aldo and Paolo Rametta, who chose to bring the individual "ronchi" back to the forefront – small plots reclaimed from the woods and worked as autonomous identities. Ronchi di Castelluccio is today one of the most unique stories in Romagna's wine scene: a meeting of memory, Apennine landscape, agricultural vision, and the desire to give a voice back to Modigliana.