DESCRIPTION OF THE SANGIOVESE 'CASE BASSE' SOLDERA 2017 The Sangiovese Case Basse di Soldera is the absolute symbol of local viticulture in the Montalcino area. Since the 1970s, the period in which the lands left uncultivated by the local sharecroppers were purchased by Gianfranco Soldera, the Sangiovese Case Basse project was based on two fundamental concepts: a valuable production requires a complex ecosystem that constitutes the habitat ideal for a natural crop and the experience of the past must be compared with the innovation that arises from research. With these objectives, Gianfranco Soldera began to vinify the grapes coming from the Case Basse estate, in a terroir with extraordinary pedoclimatic characteristics: located south-west of the Montalcino area, Case Basse extends for 23 hectares cultivated exclusively with Sangiovese, with a 'optimal altitude of 320 meters above sea level, perfect exposure to the South-West and a dry, long-sunny climate. Since the 1970s, Gianfranco Soldera has been renovating the buildings in Case Basse, recovering the original architecture of the Tuscan farmhouses and saving the dry stone walls where birds and insects find refuge and breeding sites. For the same purpose, place artificial nests, to attract animals that become sedentary, and set up hives. Save the ancient abandoned olive trees and plant other fruit trees. Plan the arrangement of a botanical forest. Builds a pond and an artificial lake. And all this contributes to recreating an extraordinary habitat, where the vine is the absolute protagonist. The rows of Sangiovese are grown on the Case Basse estate organically, without the use of herbicides and with entirely manual processing. The winemaking, entirely carried out in wooden vats, is carried out naturally, without temperature controls or the addition of artificial yeasts. The long maturation in Slavonian oak barrels regulates the evolution of the Sangiovese over time, which comes onto the market only at the right time, with sales rights only by selected wine shops. All these details make Sangiovese Toscana IGT Case Basse di Soldera a unique and exclusive product, capable of making every tasting a key moment in the education of every wine enthusiast.