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Wine Description
The Story
Story: Pugnitello is an indigenous Tuscan grape variety which was discovered and rescued in 1981 at Cinigiano, an area between the provinces of Siena and Grosseto. The owner of the vineyard where it was growing had no information regarding its provenance. Its name is derived from the shape of the cluster which resembles of knuckle ('pugno'). There were no written references found in recent or past ampelographical works.
1981 a group of researcher of the University of Florence managed to trace about 300 native varieties in the various wine production areas of Tuscany.
1987 SAN FELICE offered to plant them in an experimental vineyard in its property in order to preserve those vine types from extinction. This “conservation field” was called VITIARIUM.
1989 the first findings allowed the identification of certain vines of particular interest such as Pugnitello, Abrusco and Abrustine. Separate micro-vinifications of this selected variety. Pugnitello displayed itself as being the “cream of the crop.”
1992 the first 1,000 vine cuttings of Pugnitello where over-grafted.
1995 production of the first 600 bottles of Pugnitello.
2002 Ministry of Agriculture placed Pugnitello in the “National Registry of Vine Varieties.” Among the different retrieved red grape varieties, Pugnitello has shown to be the most interesting.
Vineyards: Vigneti Casanova (south-east), Camponuovo (south-west), Le Rose (south), Poggio alle Povere (south-west), Macchionenelle (west)
Altitude of vineyards: 380/400 m
Wine Information
Production: 5,000 btls
Alcohol: 15%
Total Acidity: 5.8 g/l
Residual sugar: 2.0 g/l
