Fontarca Fontarca is made exclusively from selected Viognier grapes from the oldest vineyard, planted in 1988. Elegant, persistent, intense, with great aging potential. Notes of sea stones, marine fossils, shells, fleur de sel, medicinal herbs, anise, rosemary, capers, and Salina cucunci.
Designation Toscana IGT Variety Viognier Vineyard Location / Altitude Colline di Manzano, Cortona / 270m above sea level Vineyard area / Year planted 1 plot totaling 1.5 hectares / 1988 Planting system / Training system 7,500 vines per hectare / Spurred cordon and Guyot Soil Clay / silt Harvest time End of August Vinification Direct pressing, fermentation in used wood (20hl barrels, barriques) Aging 18 months in used wood (20hl barrels, barriques) Annual production 3,500 bottles and 50 magnums First vintage bottled 1990 Certification Organic Wine (QCertificazioni)
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