100% Chardonnay. The original vines were brought back from France by Eloisa de Fermo's great-uncle ("Don Carlino" for whom the family Pecorino is named) and planted in 1926.These are some of the oldest Chardonnay vines in Italy and are an old, now-rare clone. The vines are certified-biodynamic and harvested by hand. The bunches are partly destemmed, macerated for a few hours, and pressed in an old-school vertical pressoir from which only free-run (first-press) juice is used. The wine is fermented spontaneously and very slowly with native yeasts and no temperature control in botti. It goes through malolactic fermentation and is aged in botti for 9-12 months. The wine is bottled without fining, filtration or additional sulfur (applied sparingly during racking only). "Launegild" is the Lombardian word for the legal process by which the original owners of the property donated the land to the Catholic church in the 9th century.