IGT Tuscan Red Wine
The Fontanaccio is IGT Tuscan Red Wine, 90% Sangiovese and 10% other red grape varieties, which give to the product a good drinkability and an aromatic profile of red fruit and sweet spices.
- TECHNICAL WINE DATA SHEET
- Grape variety: Sangiovese
- Colour: ruby red
- Fragrances: Large and persistent fragrances with hints of plum and small red berries
- Taste: articulate, soft and balanced with a long lingering finish
- Pairings: it accompanies pleasantly all types of dishes
- Characteristics of production area
- Elevation: 100-120 meters above sea level
- Vineyard exposure: South/South-West
- Soil type: Clay-Limestone rich in skeleton
- Density of planting: 5.000 vines/ ha
- Cultivation system: spurred cordon and Guyot systems
- Yield/ha: 80 q/grapes
- Winemaking and refining
- Grape harvest season: late September
- Grape harvesting operations: manually
- Wine fermenting containers: in steel
- Fermentation temperature: 26° C
- Fermentation period: 10/12 days
- Malolactic fermentation: natural in the period from November to December
- Aging process: in steel tanks
- Refining: three months in bottle
- Total production: 32.000 bottles of 750 ml
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