Area of production: Upper Maremma, Colline Metallifere zone
Designation: IGT – Indicazione Geografica Tipica – Toscana Rosso
First vintage: 2017
Current vintage: 2018
Varieties: 70% Petit Verdot, 30% Merlot
Vineyards age: Petit Verdot 8 years, Merlot 35 years
Training system: guyot
Soil: Markedly clayey with a fairly significant pebble fraction. The higher plots are more pebbly, those lower down have more silt. Mid slope, where Merlot is grown, there is a higher fraction of clay
Vineyard management: integrated pest management
Production: 12,000 bottles
Harvesting method: manually in 15-kg cases
Maturation: for about 14 months in new and one-used French oak barriques and american oak barrels; bottling by the end of June 2020
Serving temperature: 15-18 °C
Formats: 75-cl bottles in 6-unit cartons and wooden cases
Label: designed by Raffaele De Rosa
2018 93-95/100 Wine Advocate - En Primeur
2018 95/100 James Suckling Jun 20
2018 98/100 Luca Maroni-I Migliori Vini Italiani
2017 94/100 James Suckling Nov 19
2017 94/100 Wine Advocate Sept 19
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