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Wine Description
The Story
Grapes: Sangiovese, Colorino, Canaiolo
Vinification: Red, with maceration on the skins lasting 18-20 days
Fermentation: Includes malolactic
Crop yield per hectare: 4 tons (1.6 per acre)
Aging in wood: 18 months in 16-hl. barrels
Wood type: French and Austrian oak
Total production: 25.000 bottles (750 ml.), half-bottles and magnums are also available.
Description: Deep ruby red with purplish reflections. The bouquet jumps out of the glass and shows toast, coffe, chocolate, vanilla, red fruits. Long and persistent with intensity, develops slowly into moss, brushwood, iris, juniper and a little of wild fennel. In mouth it is a little astringent, warm, structured, fresh, glucid tannins. Taste of iris, undergrown, musk mixed with vanilla.
Food pairings: Game, roast, stewed and braised meat.
Conserving: Store horizontally at constant temperature and humidity (14°/16° C – 80/90%). The high concentrations of naturally occurring phenolic substances, the wine’s structure, and its typical acidity guarantee ageability and further positive development in bottle.
Serving: Best allowed to breathe a good 20 minutes and enjoyed in large, tulip-shaped glasses.
