San Giovenale (Habemus)

Lazio
Blera (Viterbo)
10 He
7 600 bottles
Emanuele Pangrazi
Marco Casolanetti
Marco Casolanetti
red
Carignan, Grenache, Syrah, Tempranillo
San Giovenale (Habemus)

San Giovenale winery was created by Emanuele Pangrazi – Roman by origin and passionate about his territory and the wine. Together with a famous enologist Marco Casolanetti (who created Kurni ‘Oasi degli angeli’) he decided to plant vineyards in Blera area nearby Viterbo.

The vineyards he chose to plant are international grape varieties Carignan, Syrah, Cabernet and Tempranillo, planted with an extreme density of 10 000 – 13 000 vines per hectare, that forces the vines to go very deep in the soil and to fight hard to produce a bunch of grapes. Usually every vine generates only one kilogram of wine (one-two bunches).

The philosophy of the owner and the winery is to take care of the territory and to produce wine of quality rather than quantity. The winery is certified organic and is utilising geothermal energy.

HABEMUS Etichetta Bianca is the first wine created by San Giovenale, always with a very limited annual production of 10,000 bottles and consistently winning most important awards (Tre Bicchierti Gambero Rosso and Top 10 wines in Gentleman magazine). 

San Giovenale now also produced small quantities of HABEMUS Etichetta Rosso (Cabernet Franc) and HABEMUS Etichetta Oro (Roussanne – Marsanne).

Grapes: Cabernet Franc; 13,000 plants/He; ageing 30 months in new French oak and 6 months in the btl; 1,000 btls pa.
HABEMUS Red Lable Lazio Rosso IGT
Grapes: Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, Tempranillo; 11,000 plants/He; ageing 20 months in new French oak; 10,000 btls pa; 3 Bicchieri Gambero Rosso and Top 10 Red wines by Gentleman magazine.
HABEMUS White Label Lazio Rosso IGT
Grapes: Grenache, Syrah, Carignan, Tempranillo; a 'small brother' of HABEMUS; made as a blend from the casks where wine has been ageing for HABEMUS before being blended and bottled.
ROSSO di San Giovenale