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I.G.T. Rosso di Toscana – Sangiovese 100%

Vineyards: 2 ha, plantedin the 1950s

Alcohol: 13.5%

Altitude and Soil: 270 m.a.s.l.

Exposure: South

Aging: 12 months in French oak barrels and at least another 6 months in bottle

0.75l bottle

Cultivation:

Control and maintenance of spurred cordon with short pruning in late winter. Nutrient inputs with organic manure-based fertilizers in late winter and before bud break. Periodic topping for vegetation control and production control with manual cluster election before veraison. Light and periodic defoliation from after fruit set. First year in conversion to organic. Manual harvesting in small crates. Yield: 55 q./ ha.

Vinification:

Maceration on the skins proceeds for about 15 days in steel tanks. Alcoholic fermentation is initiated with selected yeasts. Malolactic fermentation is completed in tanks. Afterwards, the wine is aged in new, second- and third-passage, medium-toast French oak barrels. After 12 months of aging, it is bottled. The wine is put on the market after at least 6 months in the bottle.

Tasting notes:

Colour: A deep and intense ruby red.
Nose: opens with aromatic complexity where fruit and spices integrate harmoniously. Hints of ripe red berry fruit and notes of blackberry and violet stand out. Extensive spicy and balsamic notes.
Palate: great balance and elegance mixed with varied flavor power, confirming and expanding the olfactory scents. Red berry fruits especially underbrush, blackberry, balsamic notes and a touch of bitter chocolate. With great impact and persistence it denotes good acidity well integrated with substantial sweet tannins that confirm structure and body. Wine of great character and distinct personality, young but already ready and with great potential to come.