APPELLATION:
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
DOCG Toscana Pieve Le Grazie
VINEYARD NAME:
Vigna Chiusino
PRODUCTION AREA:
Loc. Pietrose Montepulciano
SOIL TYPE:
Medium texture of Pliocene origin
sandy clay
GRAPE VARIETIES:
100% Sangiovese
VINEYARD ALTITUDE:
385 m above sea level
EXPOSURE:
South/West
TREAKING SYSTEM:
Spurred cordon
YIELD PER HECTARE:
40 ql
AGEING POTENTIAL:
over 15 years
Harvest type:
Manual selection in the first half of
October.
Vinification and aging:
After careful selection of the
grapes, the grapes are destemmed,
lightly pressed,
and fermented in steel vats.
Fermentation is carried out with selected yeasts
for approximately 12 days.
This is followed by maceration for 10
days.
Pumping over and delestage are performed.
Malolactic fermentation is then carried out in stainless steel.
The wine is then aged for 2 years in
second- and third-use French oak barrels. It is then aged in the bottle for at least
12 months.