Area of production: Upper Maremma, Colline Metallifere zone
Designation: IGT – Indicazione Geografica Tipica – Toscana Sangiovese
First vintage: 1992
Varieties: 100% Sangiovese
Planting density: 5,000-9,000 vines per hectare
Training system: cordon spur and Guyot
Soil: markedly clayey with a fairly significant pebble fraction. The higher plots are more pebbly, those lower down have more silt.
Vineyard management: integrated pest management
Average production: 40,000 bottles
Harvesting method: manually in 15-kg cases
Maturation: 50% in 20/hl wooden vats; 50% in 40-hl tapered oak vats
Serving temperature: 16-18 °C
Formats: 75-cl bottles in 6-bottle cartons; 1.5-l in individual carton case
Label: designed by Raffaele De Rosa
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