APPELLATION:
Toscana Rosso I.G.T.
PRODUCTION AREA:
Loc. Pietrose, Montepulciano
SOIL TYPE:
Medium texture of Pliocene
GRAPE VARIETY:
Merlot
ALTITUDE:
350/400 m above sea level
EXPOSURE:
South/West
TREAKING SYSTEM:
Spurred cordon
YIELD PER HECTARE:
4000 kg of grapes
AGEING CAPACITY:
over 25 years
Harvest method:
Manual selection of the best
Merlot grapes in the first half of September.
Vinification and aging:
After careful selection of the
grapes, alcoholic fermentation lasts
approximately 15-20 days at controlled
temperatures in truncated cone-shaped
steel tanks. Subsequent malo-lactic fermentation takes place in steel and wood. The
maturation lasts for 2 years in new
tonneaux, large barrels, and stainless steel.
Subsequently, it ages for a long time in the
bottle.