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Grapes are carefully selected, ensuring the delivery of perfect bunches to the winery. Harvesting is done strictly by hand and great attention is paid to the vinification. A course of delestage and pumpovers are aimed at preserving the varietal aromas and intense colour. Following completion of ferments at 27C to 31C, parcels are racked and transferred to barriques for malolactic by year's end. Components are matured in new French oak for eigh...
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The Story
When the initial production of Solaia began, the grape source was a parcel within the larger Tignanello vineyard. The same special characteristics as the original vineyard – altitude, soil, and exposure to the sun (which accounts for the name of the parcel and the wine: “Solaia” derives from sole, the Italian word for the sun) are also to be found in a nearby vineyard plot which, since 1997, has been integrated into the original vineyard. The ...
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The 2007 vintage was a rather unusual one in its combination of a long growing season and, at the same time, an early harvest. An anomaly which can be explained by an exceptionally mild winter and an unusually precocious development in all of the phases of the ripening cycle of the vine. Summer heat was checked by a cooler August with occasional afternoon rainstorms, and the harvest saw grapes of perfect ripeness and healthiness. A crop of imp...
