• TECHNICAL WINE DATA SHEET

• Grape variety: 100% Merlot
• Colour: very intense ruby red, purplish
• Fragrances: important olfactory concentration, notes of jam, spices and vanilla
• Taste: thick and elegant gustatory texture, sweet tannins with a long lingering finish
• Pairings: cold cuts, Tuscan soups, Tuscan seafood stew and game

• Characteristics of production area
• Total vineyard surface: 7 Ha
• Elevation: 100-120 meters above sea level
• Vineyard exposure: South/South-West
• Soil type: Clay-Limestone rich in skeleton
• Density of planting: 6.000 vines/ ha
• Cultivation system: spurred cordon and Guyot systems
• Yield/ha: 50 q/grapes

• Winemaking and refining
• Grape harvest season: end September
• Grape harvesting operations: manually
• Wine fermenting containers: in steel
• Fermentation temperature: 26° C
• Fermentation period: 15 days
• Malolactic fermentation: natural in the period from November to December
• Passage in French oak barrels
  Refining in bottle

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