APPELLATION: Rosso di Montepulciano D.O.C.
AREA OF PRODUCTION: Montepulciano – Tuscany
GRAPE VARIETY AND BLENDING: Prugnolo Gentile – Canaiolo
SOIL COMPOSITION: Silty clay
VINEYARD AVERAGE ELEVATION: 430 m a.s.l.
EXPOSURE: South-east
CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE: Spurred Cordon
VINE STOCK DENSITY PER HECTARE: 2,700
YIELD PER HECTARE: 7 tons
ORGANOLEPTIC QUALITIES:
Color: ruby red.
Bouquet: vinous with fruity notes of wild mulberry and flowery smells.
Tasting notes: harmonious, sapid and lively following Tuscan tradition.
ALCOHOL CONTENT: 13,5 % vol.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 18 C°
FOOD & WINE PAIRING: Ideal with cheese, including fresh cheese, salami, meat, wild game and first courses. Vino da meditazione, a wine to be sipped slowly while enjoying complexity.
VINIFICATION
Our interpretation of this red wine Rosso di Montepulciano is not based on making a wine which may be overshadowed by the great noble wine Nobile di Montepulciano,but it is focused on a wine with its own identity and character.
Our grapes, harvested by hand, are ready for vinification at the time of their optimum phenolic maturation, thus contributing to the achievement of the expected results.
Their fermentation – as is for all other wines of ours – occurs at a controlled temperature not exceeding 25°C, whereas the following separation of wine from grape skins takes place after completion of the alcoholic fermentation.
The following ageing in 25-hectoliter oak barrels for a time ranging from 8 to 10 months enables the tannin to give the wine its right completeness.