Description

Technical data

• Production area: DOC MONTECUCCO
• Variety: 68% Sangiovese, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Merlot
• Density 5.200 / Ha
• Training system: Spurred cordon
• Vineyard area: 20 hectares
• Soil: Calcareous with abundant presence of skeleton
• Altitude: Mt 300
• Fertilization: Organic (composted manure), sowing of mixtures (legumes, grasses) for green manure
• Yield per hectare: 50 quintals
• Load per screw: About 1 Kg
• Harvest date: September according to weather conditions
• Harvest: Selected bunches in the vineyard and hand-picked in 18 kg crates
• Fermentation: Spontaneous
• Yeasts: Indigenous
• Vinification: On the skins in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature
• Aging: 18 months in French oak barrels
• Refinement: 6 months in the bottle
• Alcoholic degree: 14,5% vol. variable according to the vintage